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AMERICAN EPISCOPATE. 



REV. HERMON GRISWOLD BATTERSON, D.D. 



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PHILADELPHIA: 

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LONDON: 16 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN 

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Copyright, 1878, by S. G. Batterson, D.D. 



DEDICATION. 



TO 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

EOBEET HAEPEE CLAKKSON, D.D., LLJ)., 

BISHOP OF NEBRASKA. 

My dear Bishop : 

To you, for whose abiding friendship I owe a debt of gratitude 
beyond the power of words ; to you, who, from the moment of your 
knowledge of the plan of this work, have never failed to cheer me 
with words of encouragement in the midst of what seemed at times 
insurmountable difficulties, I gladly dedicate my book. 

To your kindly expression of appreciation as to its value it owes 
its completion, and it is but an act of justice to associate your name 
with it in this way. 

May the love which has brightened so many years of our earthly 
life, find its consummation in the joys of Paradise! 
Faithfully yours, 

II. G. BATTERSON. 

Philadelphia, Easter-Tide, 1878. 



PBEFACE. 



The purpose of this book is so plain, that to write a 
preface seems to be a " work of Supererogation." 

In the " Advertisement" to the first edition of Bos- 
well's life of Johnson, the author says : " Were I to 
" detail the books which I have consulted, and the 
" inquiries which I found it necessary to make by 
"various channels, I should probably be thought 
" ridiculously ostentatious. Let me only observe, as a 
" specimen of my trouble, that I have sometimes been 
" obliged to run half over London in order to fix a 
" date correctly, which, when I had accomplished, I 
"well knew would obtain me no praise, though a 
" failure would have been to my discredit." I quite 
understood and appreciated the meaning of Boswell, 
long before this book was finished. 

Those who use it will find many dates which conflict 
materially with previously published statements ; but in 
every such case the date I give is from actual records, 
such as Letters of Orders, private manuscript diaries, 
or authorities of a similar nature. I have found in 
some cases that even such authority is not always to be 
trusted. 

If any date or statement can be proved incorrect, I 
shall be very glad to have it rectified. 

l* 



Q PREFACE. 

It seems important to preserve here a few facts of 
history, which, though well known to many, are not 
widely known, and which, though not a part of the 
plan of this book, are of sufficient importance to be 
recorded in it. 

In the year 1720, Bishop Spinkes, Bishop Hawes, and 
Bishop Gandy, three Conjuring Bishops, Consecrated 
Ralph Taylor.* In 1723, Bishop Taylor alone Conse- 
crated Robert Welton, and in the same year, with Wel- 
ton's assistance, he Consecrated John Talbot. The 
Consecration of Welton and Talbot was uncanonical 

* Upon the accession of AVilliam and Mary to the Throne of Eng- 
land, a.d. 1689, an Oath of Allegiance was promulgated. 

The Bishops who refused to take the Oath were 

William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

Thomas Kenn, Bishop of Bath and Wells. 

Francis Turner, " " Ely. 

Robert Frampton, " " Gloucester. 

William Lloyd, " li Norwich. 

Thomas White, " " Peterborough. 

William Thomas, " " Worcester. 

John Lake, " " Chichester. 

Thomas Cartwright, " " Chester. 

On the 24th day of February, a.d. 1693, Bishops Lloyd, White 
and Turner, Consecrated George Hickes, as Bishop Suffragan of 
Thetford. 

In 1713, Hickes went to Scotland, and, assisted by Bishops Gad- 
derer and Campbell, of the Scots Church, Consecrated Jeremiah 
Collier, Samuel Hawes; and Nathaniel Spinkes. 

In 1716, Bishops Collier, Spinkes and Hawes, Consecrated Henry 
Gandy. 

In 1720, Bishops Spinkes, Hawes and Gandy, Consecrated Ralph 
Taylor, who Consecrated Welton and Talbot. 

Neither Taylor, Welton nor Talbot, was recognized as Bishop de 
jure, even by the Nonjurors. 



PREFACE. 7 

and irregular, but quite valid. It made them Bishops, 
but without "jurisdiction," and therefore without power 
to exercise Episcopal Authority or to perform EpiscOr- 
pal Acts. 

Both came to America. Bishop Welton was the 
Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, from July, 
1724, until January, 1726, and Bishop Talbot was the 
Founder and Rector of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 
New Jersey. 

Bishop Talbot died in November, 1727, and was 
buried in the Church Yard of S. Mary's, in Burling- 
ton. (For a full account of Bishop Talbot, see The 
History of S. Mary's Church, Burlington,* by the Rev. 
Geo. Morgan Hills, D.D.) 

Bishop Welton went to Portugal, and died at Lisbon, 
a.d. 1726. 

The account of Bishop Seabury's Consecration, with 
the Succession of the Scottish Bishops, I have thought 
it well to reprint, together with some official papers 
relating to the Consecration of Bishop "White and 
Bishop Provoost. 

The Succession in Canterbury, no well-read man can 
doubt for a moment. Roman Catholic Scholars have 
long since abandoned the silly " Nag's Head Fable,"* 

* Christopher Hollywood, or Holiwood, chr a Sacro Bosco. Sa- 
croboseus, or, as he sometimes signed himself, Johannes Bushlock. 
was an Irish Jesuit, born in Dublin, a.d. 1562. At the age of 22. 
he embraced the Institute of S. Ignatius at Dol, in France. He 
subsequently rose to distinction as a Professor of Philosophy and 
Divinity at Padua. He was ordered to Ireland to preside over his 
brethren, and embarked at Dieppe, in January, a.d. 1599, disguised 
as a merchant. On reaching Dover, he was apprehended and com- 
mitted to prison for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. 



PREFACE. 



published in Antwerp, a.d. 1604, by a Jesuit Priest, 
named Christopher Hollywood, (or Holiwood,) who, 



He was removed to London, where he was examined by Lord Cob- 
ham, Governor of the Cinque Ports, and sent to the Secretary, Sir 
Robert Cecil. He confessed that he was a "Priest and a Jesuit."' 
This he did because many persons in the kingdom were well ac- 
quainted with him at Padua. 

Cecil told him that he would not be disturbed, if he did not inter- 
fere in political matters. Replying at once with a defence of his 
Order and a warm vindication of its principles, Cecil became alarmed, 
and put him in close custody for three months. 

At the end of this time, upon the urgent solicitation of a relative, 
(Lord Dunsan/,) he had liberty to receive his friends. 

He was subsequently removed to Framlington (or Framingham) 
Castle, where he remained until the accession of James I. to the 
Throne of England, a.d. 1603. " In the beginning of this year," 
says Challoner, " one Bishop of Ireland and four Fathers of the 
" Society of Jesus, sixteen other Priests, and four Catholic laymen, 
"prisoners in Framingham Castle, were transported into perpetual 
"banishment. The names of the four Jesuits, were Christopher 
" Holiwood, Roger Floyd, Edward Coffin, and Ralf Brickley." 

This was by virtue of the King's proclamation. 

Letters of Hollywood show him to have been at Lisle, June 30th, 
a.d. 1603, and at Douay, on the 16th of July in the same year. 

Hollywood embarked from St. Malo, and reached Ireland, March 
16th, 1604 — the eve of S. Patrick's Day — "Omen nti spero felix," as 
he wrote in a letter telling of his safe arrival. Here we lose sight 
of him until May 1st, 1614, when he is heard of once more by a 
denouncement, made by King James in his speech to Parliament. 

The Royal Commissioners reported in 1615 that " Hollywood, a 
Jesuit, was kept and harboured by Sir Christopher Plunkett." 

He died September 14th, a.d. 1616. 

His published works are, — 

1. Defensio Concilii Tridentini et Sententiae Bellarmini de Aucto- 
ritate Vulgatae Editionis. 2. Libellus de investiganda vera et visi- 
bili Christi Ecclesia. 4to. Antwerp, 1604. 3. De Meteoris. 



I 



PREFACE. 9 

having been banished from England, vented his spleen 
in that remarkable production. 

Mr. H. N. Oxenham, one of the most careful of 
modern Roman Catholic students, in a recent work on 
Catholic Eschatology, admits that the Anglican Church 
has a " True Eucharist," because, he says : " The An- 
glican Church has (as I believe,) retained a true Priest- 
hood." 

If, as I hope, my book may find a place among 
works of Historic Record which are valued by Stu- 

It would be interesting to know what this remarkable " story- 
teller" was about, during the ten years from 1G04 to 1614. 

The "Nag's Head" Story. "Archbishop Parker and some of 
the other Bishops were Consecrated (so to call' it,) at The Nag's Head 
Tavern by a mock ceremony, all together, at one time, by Dr. Scory, 
who was himself in turn Consecrated in the like mock ivay by them.''' 1 

He does not specify the time of this Consecration, and he forgot 
that Dr. Scory had been consecrated in 1551, long before the time 
claimed by anybody as the time of Parker's Consecration ! Forty- 
five years after Parker's Consecration, this remarkable tale is pub- 
lished to the world ! It reflects little credit on the Roman Catholic 
authorities who circulated it, either for honesty of intention or for 
integrity of action. That it should have gained a moment's credence 
is indeed a marvel ! 

" The universal silence of all the Romish writers of that age, when 
the 'Nag's Head Ordination' is pretended to hare been done, in a 
case which concerned them all so nearly, and which was the chief 
subject of all their disputes, is a convincing proof to all men who 
are not altogether possessed with prejudice, that either it was de- 
vised long after, or was so lewd a lie, that no man dared to own it, 
whilst thousands of eye-witnesses of Archbishop Parker's true 
Consecration at Lambeth were living." — Archbishop Bramhall. 

(The Editor thankfully acknowledges his obligations to The Rev. 
Thomas C. Yarnall, D.D., Rector of S. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, 
for his kindly assistance in gathering the incidents of this note.) 

A* 



10 PREFACE. 

dents and men of letters, *I shall be amply repaid for 
all my labor. 

To The Eight Rev. Wm. Bacon Stevens, D.D., 
LL.D., for free access to his very complete collection 
of Journals, and for valuable assistance, I gladly record 
my obligations and very sincere thanks. 

It would take too much room, were I to print nothing 
more than the names of those who have kindly aided 
me in the search for dates and facts, and I can only 
thank them all most cordially and gratefully. 

H. G. BATTERSOK 

Philadelphia, Easter-Tide, 1878. 



CONTENTS. 



NAME OF BISHOP. 



Samuel Seabury 

William White 

Samuel Pro voost 

James Madison 

Thomas John Claggett 

Robert Smith 

Edward Bass 

Abraham Jarvis 

Benjamin Moore 

Samuel Parker 

John Henry Hobart 

Alexander Viets Griswold 

Theodore Deh'on 

Richard Channing Moore 

James Kemp 

John Croes 

Nathaniel Bowen 

Philander Chase 

Thomas Church Brown ell 

John Stark Ravenscroft 

Henry Ustick Onderdonk 

William Meade 

William Murray Stone , 

Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk 

Levi Silliman Ives , 

John Henry Hopkins , 

Benjamin Bosworth Smith , 

Charles Pettit Mcllvaine 

George Washington Doane 

James Hervey Otey , 

Jackson Kemper , 

Samuel Allen McCoskry 

Leonidas Polk 



NAME OF SEE. 



Connecticut 

Pennsylvania 

New York., 

Virginia 

Maryland 

South Carolina 

Massachusetts 

Connecticut 

New York 

Massachusetts 

Neio York 

Eastern Diocese 

South Carolina 

Virginia 

Maryland 

New Jersey 

South Carolina 

Ohio 

Connecticut 

North Carolina 

Pennsylvania 

Virginia 

Maryland 

New York 

North Carolina 

Vermont 

Kentucky 

Ohio 

Neio Jersey 

Tennessee 

Wisconsin 

Michigan 

Louisiana 

11 



47 
51 
54 

56 

bS 
60 
62 
64 
CG 
68 
70 
73 
75 
77 
79 
81 
83 
85 
89 
91 
94 



100 
102 
104 
107 
109 
113 
115 
117 
120 
122 



12 



CONTENTS. 



NAME OF BISHOP. 



34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 



William Heathcote De Lancey... 
Christopher Edwards Gadsden... 
William Rollinson Whittingham 

Stephen Elliott 

Alfred Lee 

John Johns ... 

Manton Eastburn 

John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw 

Carlton Chase 

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs 

Cicero Stephens Hawks 

William Jones Boone, 

Geoi'ge AVashington Freeman 

Horatio Southgate 

Alonzo Potter 

George Burgess 

George Upfold 

William Mercer Green 

John Payne 

Erancis Huger Rutledge 

John Williams 

Henry John Whitehouse 

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright.. 

Thomas Frederick Davis 

Thomas Atkinson 

William In graham Kip 

Thomas Fielding Scott 

Henry Washington Lee 

Horatio Potter 

Thomas March Clark 

Samuel Bowman 

Alexander Gregg 

William Henry Odenheimer 

Gregory Thurston Bedell 

Henry Benjamin Whipple 

Henry Champlin Lay 

Joseph Cruikshank Talbot 

William Bacon Stevens 

Richard Hooker Wilmer 

Thomas Hubbard Vail 

Arthur Cleveland Coxe 

Charles Todd Quintard 

Robert Harper Clarkson 

George Maxwell Randall 

John Barrett Kerfoot 

Channing Moore Williams 

Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer 

George David Cummins 

William Edmond Armitage 

Henry Adams Ncely 



NAME OF SEE. 



Western New York 

South Carolina. 

Maryland 

Georgia , 

Delaware 

Virginia 

Massachusetts 

Rhode Island 

New Hampshire 

Alabama 

Missouri 

Amoy, China 

Arkansas 

Consta ntinople 

Pennsylvan ia 

Maine 

Indiana 

Mississippi 

Africa 

Florida 

Connecticut ... 

Illinois 

New York 

South Carolina 

North Carolina 

California 

Oregon and Washington 

Iowa 

New York 

Rhode Island 

Pennsylva nia 

Texas 

New Jersey 

Ohio 

Min nesota 

Easton , 

Indiana 

Pennsylva nia 

Alabama 

Kansas 

Western New York 

Tennessee , 

Nebraska 

Colorado 

Pittsburg 

Yedo, Japan 

Louisiana 

Kentucky 

Wisconsin 

Maine 



124 
126 
128 
130 
132 
134 
136 
138 
140 
142 
144 
146 
148 
150 
153 
155 
157 
159 
161 
163 
165 
167 
169 
172 
174 
176 
178 
179 
181 
183 
185 
187 
190 
192 
195 
197 
199 
201 
204 
206 
208 
213 
215 
217 
219 
221 
223 
225 
227 
229 



CONTEXTS. 



is 



90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

108 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

118 



NAME OF BISHOP. 



Daniel Sylvester Tuttle 

John Freeman Young 

John Wat'rus Beckwith.. 

Francis McNeece "Whittle 

Wm. Henry Augustus Bissell 

Charles Franklin Robertson 

Benjamin Wistar Morris 

Abrain Newkirk Littlejohn 

William Croswell Doane 

Frederic Dan Huntington 

Ozi William Whittaker 

Henry Niles Pierce 

William Woodruff Niles 

William Pinkney 

William Bell White Howe 

Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe 

William Hobart Hare 

John Gottlieb Auer 

Benjamin Henry Paddock 

Theodore Benedict Lyman 

John Franklin Spalding 

Edward Randolph Welles 

Robert W. B.Elliott 

John Henry Ducachet Wingfield 

Alexander Charles Garrett 

William Forbes Adams 

Thomas Underwood Dudley 

John Scarborough 

George De Normandie Gillespie.. 

Thomas Augustus Jagger 

William Edward McLaren 

John Henry Hobart Brown 

William Stevens Perry 

Charles Clifton Penick 

Samuel I. J. Schereschewsky 



NAME OF SEE. 



Montana 

Florida 

Georgia 

Virginia 

Vermont 

Missouri 

Oregon and Washington... 

Long Island 

Albany 

Central New York 

Nevada 

Arkansas 

New Hampshire 

Maryla nd 

South Carolina 

Central Pennsylvania 

Niobrara 

Cape Palmas 

Massachusetts 

North Carolina 

Colorado 

Wisconsin 

Western Texas 

Northern California 

Northern Texas 

New Mexico and Arizona... 

Kentucky 

New Jersey 

Western Michigan 

South em Ohio 

Illino is 

Fond du Lac 

Iowa 

Cape Palm 
Shangha 



231 

233 
235 
237 
239 
241. 
243 
245 
248 
250 
253 
2bb 
257 
259 
261 
263 
26% 
268 
270 
272 
274 
276 
278 
280 
283 
285 
287 
289 
291 
293 
295 
298 
300 
305 
307 



PAPEES 

RELATIVE TO THE 

EPISCOPATE I1NT SCOTLAND. 

SHOWING THE 

SUCCESSION FROM CANTERBURY 

TO 

CONNECTICUT. 



15 



PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE EPISCOPATE 
EST SCOTLAND. 



Extract from the Register of Archbishop Juxon, in the Library of 
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace. — 
Fol. 237. 

" It appears that James Sharp was Consecrated Arch- 
bishop of St. Andrew's — Andrew Fairfoull, Archbishop 
of Glasgow — Robert Leighton, Bishop of Doublenen 
(Dunblane) — and James Hamilton, Bishop of Galloway 
— on the 15th day of December, 1661, in St. Peter's 
Church, Westminster, by Gilbert, Bishop of London, 
Commissary to the Archbishop of Canterbury; and 
that the Right Rev. George, Bishop of Worcester, 
John, Bishop of Carlisle, and Hugh, Bishop of Lan- 
daff, were present and assisting." 

Extracted this 3d day of June, 1789, by me, 

William Dickes, Secretary. 

London, June 3, 1789. 
That the above is a true copy of an extract procured 
by order of Archbishop Moore, to be sent to Bishop 
Seabury, in Connecticut, is attested by us, Bishops of 
the Scottish Church, now in this place on business of 
importance to the said Church. 

John Skinner, Bishop. 

William Abernethy Drummond, Bishop. 

John Strachan, Bishop. 

2* 17 



18 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 



A List of the Consecration and Succession of Scots 

the Revolution, 1688, under William the Third, as far as the Con- 
secration of Bishop Seabury is concerned. 

1693. Feb. 23. — Dr. George Hicks, was Consecrated 
Suffragan of Thetford, in the Bishop of Peterborough's 
chapel, in the parish of Enfield, by Dr. "William Lloyd, 
Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely, 
and Dr. Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough. — 
JN\B. Dr. Lloyd, Dr. Turner, and Dr. White, were three 
of the English Bishops who were deprived at the rev- 
olution, by the civil power, for not swearing allegiance 
to William the Third. They were also three of the 
Seven Bishops who had been sent to the Tower by 
James the Second, for refusing to order an illegal 
proclamation to be read in their Dioceses. 

1705. Jan. 25. — Mr. John Sage, formerly one of the 
Ministers of Glasgow, and Mr. John Eullarton, for- 
merly Minister of Paisley, were Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by John Paterson, Archbishop of Glasgow, 
Alexander Pose, Bishop of Edinburgh, and Robert 
Douglas, Bishop of Dunblane. — N". B. Archbishop 
Paterson, Bishop Pose, and Bishop Douglas, were 
deprived at the revolution, by the civil power, be- 
cause they refused to swear allegiance to William the 
Third. 

1709. April 28. — Mr. John Falconar, Minister at 
Cairnbee, and Mr. Henry Chrystie, Minister at Kin- 
ross, were Consecrated at Dundee, by Bishop Rose of 
Edinburgh, Bishop Douglas of Dunblane, and Bishop 
Sage. 

1711. Aug. 25. — The Honourable Archibald Camp- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 19 

bell was Consecrated at Dundee, by Bishop Rose of 
Edinburgh, Bishop Douglas of Dunblane, and Bishop 
Falconar. 

1712. Feb. 24. — Mr. James Gadderar, formerly Min- 
ister at Kilmaurs, was Consecrated at London, by Bishop 
Hi ekes, Bishop Falconar, and Bishop Campbell. 

1712. Oct. 22.— Mr. Arthur Millar, formerly Minister 
at Inveresk, and Mr. William Irvine, formerly Minister 
at Kirkmichael, in Carrict, were Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by Bishop Rose of Edinburgh, Bishop Fullar- 
ton, and Bishop Ealconar. 

After the Bishop of Edinburgh's death. 

1722. Oct. 7. — Mr. Andrew Cant, formerly one of 
the Ministers of Edinburgh, and Mr. David Freebairn, 
formerly Minister of Dunning, were Consecrated at 
Edinburgh, by Bishop Fullarton, Bishop Millar, and 
Bishop Irvine. 

1722. June 4. — Dr. Thomas Rattray, of Craighall, 
was Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Gadderar, 
Bishop Millar, and Bishop Cant. 

1727. June 18.— Mr. "William Dunbar, Minister at 
Cruden, and Mr. Robert Keith, Presbyter in Edin- 
burgh, were Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Gad- 
derar, Bishop Millar, and Bishop Rattray. — N.B. They 
who Avere deprived of their parishes at the revolution 
are, in this list, called Ministers ; but they who have 
not been parish Ministers under the civil establishment, 
are called Presbyters. 

1736. June 24.— Mr. Robert White, Presbyter at 
Cupar, was Consecrated at Carsebank, near Forfar, by 
Bishop Rattray, Bishop Dunbar, and Bishop Keith. 

1741. Sept. 10.— Mr. William Falconar, Presbyter at 



20 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

Forres, was Consecrated at Alloa, in Clacmannanshire, 
by Bishop Rattray, Bishop Keith, and Bishop White. 

1742. Oct. 4.— Mr. James Rait, Presbyter at Dun- 
dee, was Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Rattray, 
Bishop Keith, and Bishop "White. 

1743. Aug. 19. — Mr. John Alexander, Presbyter at 
Alloa, in Clacmannanshire, was Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by Bishop Keith, Bishop White, Bishop Fal- 
conar, and Bishop Rait. 

1747. July 17. — Mr. Andrew Gerard, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated at Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop 
White, Bishop Falconar, Bishop Rait, and Bishop Alex- 
ander. 

1759. Nov. 1. — Mr. Henry Edgar was Consecrated at 
Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop White, Bishop Falconar, 
Bishop Rait, and Bishop Alexander, as coadjutor to 
Bishop White, then Primus. — N.B. Anciently, no 
Bishop in Scotland had the stile of Archbishop, but 
one of them had a precedency, under the stile of Primus 
Scotise Episcopus. And after the revolution they re- 
turned to their old stile, which they still retain, one of 
them being entitled Primus, to whom precedency is 
allowed, and deference paid in the Synod of Bishops. 

1762. June 24. — Mr. Robert Forbes was Consecrated 
at Forfar, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Alex- 
ander, and Bishop Gerard. 

1768. Sept. 21.— Mr. Robert Kilgour, Presbyter at 
Peterhead, was Consecrated Bishop of Aberdeen, at 
Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop 
Rait, and Bishop Alexander. 

1744. Aug. 24. — Mr. Charles Rose, Presbyter at 
Down, was Consecrated Bishop of Dunblane, at For- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 21 

far, by Bishop Ealconar, Primus, Bishop Rait, and 
Bishop Forbes. 

1776. June 27. — Mr. Arthur Petrie, Presbyter at 
Meikelfolla, was Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor at 
Dundee, by Bishop Faleonar, Primus, Bishop Bait, 
Bishop Kilgour, and Bishop Pose, and appointed 
Bishop of Ross and Caithness, July 8th, 1777. — N.B. 
After the revolution, the Bishops in Scotland had no 
particular Diocess, but managed their ecclesiastical 
affairs in one body as a College; but finding incon- 
veniences in this mode, they took particular Dioceses. 
which, though not exactly according to the limits of 
the Dioceses under the former legal establishment, still 
retain their old names. 

1778. Aug. 13. — Mr. George Imiess, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated Bishop of Brechin, at 
Alloa, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Rose, and 
Bishop Petrie. 

1782. Sept 25.— Mr. John Skinner, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor, at 
Luthermuir, in the Diocess of Brechin, by Bishop 
Kilgour, Primus, Bishop Rose, and Bishop Petrie. 

1784. Nov. 14. — Dr. Samuel Seabury, Presbyter, from 
the State of Connecticut, in America, was Consecrated 
Bishop at Aberdeen, by Bishop Kilgour, Primus, Bishop 
Petrie, and Bishop Skinner, — as by the deed of Con- 
secration, as follows, viz. : 

EST DEI NOMINE.— Amen. 

Omnibus ubique Catholicis per Presentes pateat, 
Nos, Robertum Kilgour, miseratione divina, Episco- 
pum Aberdonien — Arthurum Petrie, Episcopum Ros- 



22 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

sen et Moravien — et Joannem Skinner, Episcopum Co- 
adjutorem ; Mysteria Sacra Domini nostri Jesu Christi 
in Oratorio supradicti Joannis Skinner apud Aber- 
doniam celebrantes, Divini Numinis Prsesidio fretos 
(presentibus tarn e Clero, quam e Populo testibus 
idoneis) Samuelem Seabury, Doctorem Divinitatis, sacro 
Presbyteratus, orcline jam decoratum, ac nobis prse 
Vitse integritate, Morum probitate et Orthodoxia, com- 
mendatum, et ad docendum et regendnm aptum et 
idonium, ad sacrum et sublimem Episcopatus Ordinem 
promovisse, et rite ac canonice, secundum Morem et 
Ritus Ecclesiae Scoticanse, consecrasse, Die Nbvembris 
decimo quarto, Anno ^Erse Christians Millesimo Sep- 
tingentisimo Octagesimo Quarto. 

In cujus Rei Testimonium, Instrumento buic (chiro- 
grapliis nostis prius munito) Sigilla nostra apponi man- 
davimus. 

Robertus Kjlgour, Episcopus, et Primus, [l. s.] 
Arthurus Petrie, Episcopus. [l. s.] 

Joannes Skinner, Episcopus. [l. s.] 



Papers from " The Minute BooJc" of The College of Bishops in 
Scotland. 

Synod 1784. 

In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. 
Amen. 

The American States having been by the Legislature 
of Great Britain declared independent, the Christians 
of the Episcopal persuasion in the State of Connecticut, 
who had long been anxiously desirous to have a valid 
and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy established amongst 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 23 

them, thought they had now a favourable opportunity 
of getting this their desire, effected. 

"With this view, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury, one 
of the Episcopal clergy in that State, was sent over to 
England with ample certificates of his piety, abilities, 
and learning, and fitness for the Episcopal office, and 
recommendations by his brethren, both in Connecticut 
and New York, to the Archbishops of Canterbury and 
York, requesting that he might be consecrated for the 
State of Connecticut. After a long stay in England, 
and fruitless application for Consecration, Dr. Seabury 
wrote and made application to the Bishops of Scotland, 
who, after having seriously considered the matter, 
readily concurred to encourage and promote the pro- 
posal. In consequence of this, Dr. Seabury came to 
Scotland; and having notified his arrival, a day was 
fixed for his Consecration, and the place appointed was 
Aberdeen. On Saturday, the 13th of November, in 
the year of our Lord 1784, the following Bishops, viz. : 
— The Right Rev. Mr. Robert Kilgour, Bishop of 
Aberdeen and Primus; the Right Rev. Mr. John 
Skinner, his coadjutor; and the Right Rev. Mr. Ar- 
thur Petrie, Bishop of Ross and Moray, (the Right 
Rev. Mr. Charles Rose, Bishop of Dunblane, having 
previously signified his assent, and becused his absence 
by reason of his state of health and great distance,) 
convened at Aberdeen, where Dr. Seabury met them, 
and laid before them the following letters and papers, 
viz. : (1.) An attested copy of a letter from the clergy 
of Connecticut to the Archbishop of York, recom- 
mending Dr. Seabury in very strong terms, and re- 
questing he might be Consecrated for Connecticut. 



24 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

(2.) Another copy of a letter from the clergy of New 
York to both, the Archbishops, signifying their con- 
currence and highly approving of the measure. (3.) A 
full and ample testimonial from the clergy of Connec- 
ticut and New York, jointly certifying Dr. Seabury's 
learning, abilities, prudence, and zeal for religion, and 
that they believed him to be every way qualified for 
the sacred office of a Bishop. (4.) A letter from the 
Committee of the Clergy in Connecticut to .Dr. Sea- 
bury, acquainting him that they had made application 
to the Assembly of the State of Connecticut as to 
what protection might be expected for a Bishop in 
that State, if they should be able to procure one. 
That their application met with a degree of candour 
and attention beyond their expectation ; and that the 
opinion of the leading members of the Assembly 
appeared to coincide fully with theirs in respect of 
the need, propriety, and prudence of such a measure. 
That these members told them they had passed a law 
concerning the Episcopal Church, and invested her 
with all the legal powers and rights that is intended 
by their constitution to give to any denomination. 
That the protection asked for was necessarily included 
in the act; that let a Bishop come, when he is there he 
will stand upon the same ground that the rest of the 
clergy do, or the Church at large. That the Legislature 
of the State would be so far from taking any umbrage, 
that in this toansaction the Bishops would meet their 
generous wishes, and do a thing for which they would 
have their applause. (5.) A letter from the Committee 
of Convention in Connecticut to Dr. Seabury, amongst 
other things, signifying their reliance on his zeal and 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 25 

fortitude to prosecute the affair in such way as he can, 
and begging he will remember that, however glad they 
shall be to see him, and wish speed to the opportunity 
that may enable them to bid him a happy welcome, yet 
that his coming a Bishop will only prevent its being an 
unhappy meeting. (6.) A letter from Mr. Jarvis, Sec- 
retary of the Committee,, to Dr. Seabury, accompany- 
ing the above letter, wherein Mr. Jarvis says, you may 
depend upon it you will be kindly treated in this State, 
let your ordination come from what quarter it will. 
(7.) An attested copy of the above-mentioned Act of 
the State of Connecticut for securing the rights of 
conscience in matters of religion to Christians of every 
denomination, passed in the January session 1783. 

The said Bishops thus convened, after reading and 
considering these papers, and conversing at full length 
with Dr. Seabury, were fully satisfied of his fitness to 
be promoted to the Episcopate, and of the reasonable- 
ness and propriety of the request of these papers ; and 
therefore, the day following being Sunday, the 14th of 
the said month of November, after morning prayers, 
and a sermon suitable to the occasion, preached by 
Bishop Skinner, they proceeded to the Consecration 
of the said Dr. Samuel Seabury, in the said Bishop 
Skinner's Chapel in Aberdeen, and he was then and 
there duly Consecrated with all becoming solemnity by 
the said Eight Rev. Mr. Robert Kilgour, Mr. Arthur 
Petrie, and Mr. John Skinner, in the presence of a 
considerable number of respectable clergymen and a 
great number of laity, on which occasion all testified 
great satisfaction. On Monday the 15th, a Concordate 
betwixt the Episcopal Church in Scotland and that 



26 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

in Connecticut was formed and agreed upon by the 
Bishops of Scotland and Bishop Seabury, to their 
mutual satisfaction ; and two duplicates thereof, wrote 
upon vellum, were duly signed and sealed by all the 
four. One duplicate, together with the above-men- 
tioned letters and papers respecting Dr. Seabury, was 
kept by the Bishops of Scotland, to be preserved 
among their records ; and the other double, together 
with a letter from the Bishops of Scotland to the 
clergy of Connecticut, wrote also upon vellum, and 
duly signed and sealed, was delivered to Bishop Sea- 
bury: and so the Synod broke up. Copies of the 
Concordate and letter are herein inserted, and are as 
follows : 

Concordat. 

In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God, Blessed for 
ever. Amen. The wise and gracious providence of 
this merciful God having put it into the hearts of the 
Christians of the Episcopal persuasion in Connecticut 
in North America, to desire that the blessings of a 
free, valid, and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy might 
be communicated to them, and a Church regularly 
formed in that part of the western world, on the most 
ancient and primitive model; and application having 
been made for this purpose by the Rev. Doctor Samuel 
Seabury, Presbyter in Connecticut, to the Right Rev. 
the Bishops of the Church in Scotland, the said Bishops 
having taken this proposal into their serious considera- 
tion, most heartily concurred to promote and encourage 
the same as far as lay in their power, and, accordingly, 
began the pious and good work recommended to them, 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 27 

by complying with the request of the clergy in Con- 
necticut, and advancing the same Dr. Samuel Seahury 
to the high order of the Episcopate, at the same time 
earnestly praying that this work of the Lord, thus hap- 
pily begun, might prosper in His Hand, till it should 
please the great and glorious Head of the Church to 
increase the number of Bishops in America, and send 
forth more such labourers into that part of His harvest. 
Animated with this pious hope, and earnestly desirous 
to establish a bond of peace and holy communion be- 
tween the two Churches, the Bishops of the Church in 
Scotland, whose names are underwritten, having had 
full and free conference with Bishop Seabury, after his 
Consecration and advancement as. aforesaid, agreed 
with him on the following articles, which are to serve 
as a Concordate, or bond of union, between the Catho- 
lic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland, and 
the now rising Church in Connecticut. 

Art. I. They agree in thankfully receiving, and 
humbly and heartily embracing the whole doctrine 
of the Gospel as revealed and set forth in the Holy 
Scriptures, and it is their earnest and united desire to 
maintain the analogy of the common faith once de- 
livered to the saints, and happily preserved in the 
Church of Christ, through His Divine power and 
protection, Who promised that the gates of hell 
should never prevail against it. 

Art. H. They agree in believing this Church to be 
the mystical body of Christ, and of which He alone is 
the head and supreme governor, and that under Him 
the chief ministers or managers of the affairs of this 
spiritual society are those called Bishops, whose ex- 



28 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

ercise of their sacred office being independent of all 
lay powers, it follows, of consequence, that their spirit- 
ual authority and jurisdiction cannot be affected by any 
lay deprivation. 

Art. III. They agree in declaring that the Episcopal 
Church in Connecticut is to be in full communion with 
the Episcopal Church in Scotland, it being their sincere 
resolution to put matters on such a footing as that the 
members of both Churches may with freedom and safety 
communicate with either, when their occasions call them 
from the one country to the other. Only taking care, 
when in Scotland, not to hold communion in sacred 
offices with those persons who, under the pretence of 
ordination by an English or Irish Bishop, do, or shall 
take upon them to officiate as clergymen in any part of 
the National Church of Scotland, and whom the Scottish 
Bishops cannot help looking upon as schismatical in- 
truders, designed only to answer worldly purposes, and 
uncommissioned disturbers of the poor remains of that 
once nourishing Church, which both their predecessors 
and they have, under many difficulties, labored to pre- 
serve pure and uncorrupted to future ages. 

Art. IV. With a view to this salutary purpose men- 
tioned in the preceding article, they agree in desiring 
that there may be as near a conformity in worship and 
discipline established between the two Churches as is 
consistent with the different circumstances and customs 
of nations ; and in order to avoid any bad effects that 
might otherwise arise from political differences, they 
hereby express their earnest wish and firm intention 
to observe such prudent generality in their public 
prayers with respect to these points as shall appear 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 29 

most agreeable to Apostolic rules, and the practice of 
the Primitive Church. 

Art. V. As the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, 
or the administration of the Sacrament of the Body 
and Blood of Christ is the principal bond of union 
among Christians, as well as the most solemn act of 
worship in the Christian Church, the Bishops aforesaid 
agree in desiring that there may be as little variance 
here as possible ; and though the Scottish Bishops are 
very far from prescribing to their brethren in this 
matter, they cannot help ardently wishing that Bishop 
Seabury would endeavor all he can, consistently with 
peace and prudence, to make the celebration of this 
Venerable Mystery conformable to the most primitive 
doctrine and practice in that respect, which is the pat- 
tern the Church of Scotland has copied after in her 
Communion Office, and which it has been the wish of 
some of the most eminent Divines of the Church of 
England, that she also had more closely followed than 
she seems to have done since she gave up her first 
reformed Liturgy, used in the reign of King Edward 
VI., between which, and the form used in the Church 
of Scotland, there is no difference in any point, which 
the Primitive Church reckoned essential to the right 
ministration of the Holy Eucharist. In this capital 
article, therefore, the Eucharistick service, in which the 
Scottish Bishops so earnestly wish for as much unity 
as possible, Bishop Seabury also agrees to take a seri- 
ous view of the Communion Office recommended by 
them, and if found agreeable to the genuine standards 
of antiquity, to give his sanction to it, and by gentle 
methods of argument and persuasion, to endeavour, as 

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30 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

they have done, to introduce it by degrees into prac- 
tice, without the compulsion of authority on the one 
side, or the prejudice of former custom on the other. 

Art. VI. It is also hereby agreed and resolved upon, 
for the better answering the purpose of this Concordate, 
that a brotherly fellowship be henceforth maintained 
between the Episcopal Churches in Scotland and Con- 
necticut, and such a mutual intercourse of ecclesiastical 
correspondence carried on, when opportunity offers, or 
necessity requires, as may tend to the support and 
edification of both Churches. 

Art. YII. The Bishops aforesaid do hereby jointly 
declare, in the most solemn manner, that in the whole 
of this transaction they have nothing else in view but 
the glory of God, and the good of His Church; and 
being thus pure and upright in their intentions, they 
cannot but hope that all whom it may concern will put 
the most fair and candid construction on their conduct, 
and take no offence at their feeble but sincere endeavours 
to promote what they believe to be the cause of truth 
and the common salvation. 

In testimony of their love to which, and in mutual 
good faith and confidence, they have, for themselves 
and their successors in office, cheerfully put their names 
and seals to these presents, at Aberdeen, this 15th day 
of November, in the year of our Lord 1784. 
(Sic Sub.) Eobert Kjlgour, 

Bishop and Primus. [l. s.] 

John Skinner, Bishop, [l. s.] 

Arthur Petrie, Bishop, [l. s.] 

Samuel Seabury, Bishop, [l. s.] 

Arthur Petrie, Clerk. 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 31 

Letter from the Bishops of Scotland to the Episcopal Clergy of the 
State of Connecticut, in North America, dated at Aberdeen the 
15th of November, 1784. 

Rev. Brethren and Well Beloved in Christ — 
Whereas it has been represented to us, the Bishops of 
the Episcopal Church of Scotland, by the Rev. Dr. 
Samuel Seabury, your fellow Presbyter in the State of 
Connecticut, that you are desirous to have the blessings 
of a free, valid, and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy 
communicated to you, and that you do consider the 
Scottish Episcopacy to be such in every sense of the 
word; and the said Dr. Seabury having been suf- 
ficiently recommended to us as a person very fit for 
the Episcopate, and whom you are willing to acknowl- 
edge and submit to as your Bishop, when properly 
authorised to take the charge of you in that character — 
Know, therefore, dearly beloved, that we, the Bishops, 
and, under Christ, the governors by regular succession, 
of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, considering the 
reasonableness of your request, and being entirely 
satisfied with the recommendations in favour of the 
said Dr. Samuel Seabury, have accordingly promoted 
him to the high order of the Episcopate, by the laying 
on of our hands, and have thereby invested him with 
proper powers for governing and performing all Epis- 
copal Offices in the Church subsisting in the State of 
Connecticut in North America. And having thus far 
complied with your desire, and done what was incum- 
bent on us to keep up the Episcopal Succession in a 
part of the Christian Church which is now, by mutual 
agreement, loosed from and given up by those who 
once took the charge of it, permit us, therefore, Rev- 



32 -THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

erend Brethren, to request your hearty and sincere 
endeavours to further and carry on the good work we 
have happily begun. To this end, we hope you will 
receive and acknowledge the Right Reverend Bishop 
Seabury as your Bishop, and spiritual governor, that 
you will pay him all due and canonical obedience in 
that sacred character, and reverently apply to him for 
all Episcopal Offices which you, or the people committed 
to your pastoral care, may stand in need of at his 
hands, till, through the goodness of God, the number 
of Bishops be increased among you, and the State of 
Connecticut be divided into separate districts or Dio- 
ceses, as is the case in other parts of the Christian 
world. This recommendation we natter ourselves you 
will take in good part from the governors of a Church 
which cannot be suspected of aiming at supremacy of 
any kind, or over any people. Unacquainted with the 
politics of nations, and under no temptation to inter- 
fere in matters foreign to us, we have no other object 
in view but the interests of the Mediator's kingdom, 
no higher ambition than to do our duty as messengers 
of the Prince of Peace. In the discharge of this duty 
the example which we wish to copy after is that of the 
Primitive Church while in a similar situation, uncon- 
nected with, and unsupported by, the temporal powers. 
On this footing, it is our earnest desire that the Epis- 
copal Church in North America be in full communion 
with the Episcopal Church in Scotland, as we, the 
underwritten Bishops, for ourselves, and our successors 
in office, agree to hold communion with Bishop Sea- 
bury, and his successors, as practised in the various 
provinces of the Primitive Church, in all the funcla- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 33 

mental articles of faith, and by mutual intercourse of 
ecclesiastical correspondence and brotherly fellowship, 
when opportunity offers or necessity requires. Upon 
this plan, which we hope will meet your joint approba- 
tion, and according to this standard of primitive prac- 
tice, a Concordate has been drawn up and signed by 
us, the Bishops of the Church in Scotland, on the one 
part, and by Bishop Seabury on the other, the articles 
of which are to serve as a bond of union between the 
Catholic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland, 
and the now rising Church in the United States of 
America. Of this Concordate a copy is herewith sent 
for your satisfaction; and after having duly weighed 
the several articles of it, we hope you will find them all 
both expedient and equitable, dictated by a spirit of 
Christian meekness, and proceeding from a pure regard 
to regularity and good order. As such we most earn- 
estly recommend them to your serious attention, and, 
wdth all brotherly love, entreat your hearty and sincere 
compliance with them. 

A Concordate thus established in mutual good faith 
and confidence, will, by the blessing of God, make our 
ecclesiastical union firm and lasting : And we have no 
other desire but to render it conducive to that peace, 
and agreeable to that truth, which it ever has been, and 
shall be, our study to seek after and cultivate. And 
may the God of Peace grant you to be like-minded. 
May He who is the Great High Priest of our pro- 
fession, the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, prosper 
these our endeavours for the propagation of His truth 
and righteousness : May He graciously accept our im- 
perfect services, grant success to our good designs, and 

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34 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

make His Church to be yet glorious upon earth, and 
the joy of all lands ! To His Divine benediction we 
heartily commend you, your flocks, and your labours, 
and are, Reverend Sirs, 

Your affectionate Brethren and Fellow-Servants in 
Christ. 

The above letter was duly signed and sealed upon 
vellum by Bishops Kilgour, Petrie, and Skinner, and 
delivered to Bishop Seabury. 

After which the meeting was dissolved. 

(Signed) Arthur Petrie, Clerk. 



SOME PAPEES 

RELATIVE TO THE 

CONSECRATION 

OF 

THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM WHITE, D.D., 

AND 



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THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 



An Act to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, to consecrate to the Office of a Bishop, 
Persons, being Subjects or Citizens of Countries out of His Majesty's 
dominions. 

Whereas, by the laws of this realm, no person can 
be consecrated to the Office of a Bishop without the 
King's licence for his election to that office, and the 
Royal mandate under the Great Seal for his confirma- 
tion and consecration ; and whereas every person who 
shall be consecrated to the said office is required to 
take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and also 
the oath of due obedience to the Archbishop : And 
whereas there are divers persons, subjects or citizens 
of countries out of his Majesty's dominions, inhabiting 
and residing within the said countries, who profess the 
public worship of Almighty God according to the prin- 
ciples of the Church of England, and who, in order to 
provide a regular succession of Ministers for the ser- 
vice of their Church, are desirous of having certain of 
the subjects or citizens of those countries consecrated 
Bishops, according to the form of consecration in the 
Church of England : Be it enacted by the King's most 
excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons 
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 
authority of the same, that from and after the passing 
of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the 

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38 THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 

Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop of York, 
for the time being, together with such other Bishops 
as the j shall call to their assistance, to consecrate per- 
sons being subjects or citizens of countries out of his 
Majesty's dominions, Bishops for the purposes afore- 
said, without the King's licence for their election, or 
the Royal mandate under the Great Seal for their con- 
firmation and consecration, and without requiring 
them to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, 
and the oath of due obedience to the Archbishop for 
the time being. Provided always, that no persons shall 
be consecrated Bishops in the manner herein provided, 
until the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, shall have first applied for 
and obtained his Majesty's licence, by warrant under 
his Royal signet and sign manual, authorizing and em- 
powering him to perform such consecration, and ex- 
pressing the name or names of the persons so to be 
consecrated ; nor until the said Archbishop has been 
fully ascertained of their sufficiency in good learning, 
of the soundness of their faith, and of the purity of 
their manners. Provided also, and be it hereby de- 
clared, that no person or persons consecrated to the 
office of a Bishop in the manner aforesaid, nor any 
person or persons deriving their consecration from or 
under any Bishop so consecrated, nor any person or 
persons admitted to the Order of Deacon or Priest by 
any Bishop or Bishops so consecrated, or by the suc- 
cessor or successors of any Bishop or Bishops so conse- 
crated, shall be thereby enabled to exercise his or their 
respective office or offices within his Majesty's do- 
minions. Provided always, and be it farther enacted, 



THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT 39 

that a certificate of such consecration shall be given 
under the hand and seal of the Archbishop who conse- 
crates, containing the name of the person so conse- 
crated, with the addition as well of the country whereof 
he is a subject or citizen, as of the Church in which he 
is appointed Bishop, and the farther description of his 
not having taken the said oaths, being exempted from 
the obligation of so doing by virtue of this Act. 

PROCLAMATION OF THE ARCH-BISHOP OF 
CANTERBURY. 

To all Persons to whom these presents shall come, 
or whom the same shall or may in any wise or at any 
time concern, we, John, by Divine Providence, Lord 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, 
and Metropolitan, send greeting : 

Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed at West- 
minster, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of our 
sovereign lord George the Third, King of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, intituled, " An Act to 
empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Arch- 
bishop of York, for the time being, to consecrate to the 
Office of a Bishop, Persons, being Subjects or Citizens 
of Countries out of His Majesty's dominions," — 

It is enacted, — that it shall and may be lawful to and 
for the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, together with such other 
Bishops as they shall call to their assistance, to conse- 
crate persons being subjects or citizens of countries 
out of his Majesty's dominions, Bishops for the pur- 
poses aforesaid, without the King's licence for their 



40 PROCLAMATION OF 

election, or the Royal mandate under the Great Seal 
for their confirmation and consecration, and without 
requiring them to take the oaths of allegiance and 
supremacy, and the oath of due obedience to the 
Archbishop for the time being. Provided always, 
that no persons shall be consecrated Bishops in the 
manner herein provided, until the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, or the Archbishop of York, for the time being, 
shall have first applied for and obtained his Majesty's 
licence, by warrant under his Royal signet and sign 
manual, authorizing and empowering him to perform 
such consecration, and expressing the name or names 
of the persons so to be consecrated ; nor until the said 
Archbishop has been fully ascertained of their suf- 
ficiency in good learning, of the soundness of their 
faith, and of the purity of their manners. Provided 
also, and be it hereby declared, that no person or per- 
sons consecrated to the office of a Bishop in the man- 
ner aforesaid, nor any person or persons deriving their 
consecration from or under any Bishop so consecrated, 
nor any person or persons admitted to the Order of 
Deacon or Priest by any Bishop or Bishops so conse- 
crated, or by the successor or successors of any bishop 
or Bishops so consecrated, shall be thereby enabled to 
exercise his or their respective office or offices within 
his Majesty's dominions. Provided always, and be it 
farther enacted, that a certificate of such consecration 
shall be given under the hand and seal of the Arch- 
bishop who consecrates, containing the name of the 
person so consecrated, with the addition as well of 
the country whereof he is a subject or citizen, as of 
the Church in which he is appointed Bishop, and the 



THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 41 

farther description of his not having taken the said 
oaths, being exempted from the obligation of so doing 
by virtue of this Act. 

E~ow know all men by these presents, that we the 
said John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, having 
obtained his Majesty's licence, by warrant under his 
royal signet and sign manual, did, in pursuance of 
the said Act of Parliament, on Sunday, the fourth 
day of February, in the year of our Lord One thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty-seven, in the Chapel 
of our Palace at Lambeth, in the county of Surry, 
admit our beloved in Christ, William White, Clerk, 
D.D., a subject or citizen of the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, in North America, and Rector of Christ Church 
and St. Peter's, in the city of Philadelphia, in the said 
State, of whose sufficiency in good learning, soundness 
in the faith, and purity of manners, we were fully as- 
certained, into the office of a Bishop of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church, in the State of Pennsylvania afore- 
said, to which the said William White hath been elected 
by the Convention for the said State, as appears unto 
us by due testimony thereof by him produced, and 
him the said William White did then and there rightly 
and canonically consecrate a Bishop, according to the 
manner and form prescribed and used by the Church 
of England, his taking the oaths of allegiance, suprem- 
acy, and canonical obedience only excepted, he being 
exempted from the obligation of taking the said oaths 
by virtue of the above recited act. Provided, that 
neither he the said Bishop, nor any person or persons 
deriving their consecration from or under him, nor any 
person or persons admitted to the Order of Deacon or 



42 PROCLAMATION OF 

Priest by him, or his successor or successors, shall be 
enabled to exercise his or their respective office or 
offices within His Majesty's dominions. In testimony 
whereof we have caused our Archi-Episcopal seal to 
be affixed to these presents. — Given at Lambeth House 
the day and year above written, and in the fourth year 
of our translation. 

J. [l. s.] Cantuar. 

"We, William Lord Archbishop of York, Charles 
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and John Lord Bishop 
of Peterborough, were present, and assisting at. the 
consecration within mentioned. 

W. Ebor, 

C. Bath and Wells. 

J. Peterborough. 

The signatures of the Archbishops of Canterbury 
and York, and of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, and 
Peterborough, were made in my presence, February 
4th, 1787. 

Wm. Dickes, 

(Copy.) Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

On Sunday, the fourth day of February, in the year 
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
seven, and in the fourth year of the translation of the 
Most Reverend Father in God, John, by Divine Provi- 
dence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all 
England, and Metropolitan, in the Chapel at the Palace 
at Lambeth, in the county of Surry, the said Most 
Reverend Father in God, by virtue and authority of 



THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 43 

a certain licence or warrant from his most gracious 
Majesty, and our sovereign Lord George the Third, by 
the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, 
King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, to him in 
this behalf directed, the Most Reverend Father in God. 
William, by the same Providence Lord Archbishop of 
York, Primate of England and Metropolitan, and the 
Right Reverend Fathers in God, Charles, by divine 
permission Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and John, 
by divine permission Lord Bishop of Peterborough, 
assisting him, consecrated the Rev. William White. 
Doctor in Divinity, Rector of Christ Church and St. 
Peter's, in the city of Philadelphia, a subject or citizen 
of the United States of North America, and the Rev- 
erend Samuel Provoost, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of 
Trinity Church in the city of New York, a subject or 
citizen also of the United States of North America, to 
the Office of a Bishop respectively, the rites, circum- 
stances, and ceremonies anciently used in the Church 
of England being observed and applied, according to 
the tenor of an Act passed in the twenty-sixth year 
of the reign of his said Majesty, intituled, " An Act 
to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the 
Archbishop of York, for the time being, to consecrate 
to the Office of a Bishop, persons being subjects or 
citizens of countries out of his Majesty's dominions," 
in the presence of me, Robert Jenner, Notary Public, 
one of the Deputy Registers of the Province of Can- 
terbury, being then and there present the Reverend 
and Worshipful William Backhouse, Doctor in Divinity, 

Archdeacon of Canterbury, the Rev Lort, Doctor 

in Divinity, the Rev. Drake, Doctor in Divinity, 



44 CERTIFICATE, ETC. 

"William Dickes, Esquire, Notary Public, Secretary to 
his grace the said Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 
with many others in great numbers then and there 
assembled. Which I attest. 

Rt. Jenner, 
(Copy.) Notary Public — Actuary assumed. 

And we, the underwritten Notaries Public, by royal 
authority duly admitted and sworn, residing in Doctors 
Commons, London, do hereby certify and attest, to all 
whom it may concern, that Robert Jenner, whose name 
is subscribed to the aforegoing act, was and is a Notary 
Public, and one of the Deputy Registers of the Province 
of Canterbury, and that the letters, name, and words, 
" Rt. Jenner, Notary Public," thereto subscribed, were 
and are of the proper handwriting and subscription of 
the said Robert Jenner ; and that we saw him sign the 
same ; and that full faith and entire credit is and ought 
to be given to all the acts, subscriptions, and attesta- 
tions, of the said Robert Jenner, as well in judgment 
as out. In testimony whereof we have hereunto sub- 
scribed our names, to serve and avail as occasion may 
require, at Doctors Commons, London, this fifth day 
of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand 
seven hundred and eighty-seven. Which we attest. 

Edward Cooper, Notary Public. 
(Copy.) William Abbot, Notary Public. 



THE 

AMEEIOAN EPISCOPATE. 

FROM 

1784 TO 1878. 



45 



THE AMERICAN EPISCOPATE. 



!N"o. 1. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL SEABURY, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Connecticut and of The American 
Church, was horn at North-Groton (now Ledyard), in 
Connecticut, on the 30th day of November, a.d. 1729. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1748. 

In 1751 he went to Scotland, where he completed a 
thorough course in the study of Medicine at the Uni- 
versity of Edinhurgh. He abandoned the Profession 
at once, and entered upon a course of Theological 
studies. 

Ordered Deacon on the 21st day of December, a.d. 
1753, by The Right Rev. John Thomas, D.D., Bishop 
of Lincoln, who acted for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest on the 23d day of December, 1753, 
by The Right Rev. Richard Osbaldeston, D.D., Bishop 
of Carlisle, who also acted for The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became Rector of Christ's 
Church, New-Brunswick, New Jersey. 

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48 SAMUEL SEA BURY. 

In 1757 he became Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica, 
Long Island. 

In 1766 Rector of S. Peter's Church, Westchester, 
New York. 

During the greater part of the war of the Revolution 
he resided in the city of New York. 

On the 21st day of April, 1783, he was elected as the 
first Bishop of Connecticut. 

He sailed for England, hoping to he consecrated by 
The Archbishop of Canterbury, but so many obstacles 
lay in his way that he proceeded to Scotland, where 

He was Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut on the 
14th day of November, a.d. 1784, at Aberdeen, by 
The Right Rev. Robert Kilgour, D.D., Primus, and 
Bishop of Aberdeen, assisted by The Right Rev. 
Arthur Petrie — his coadjutor, and The Right Rev. 
John Skinner, D.D., Bishop of Ross and Moray. 

Returning to his native State, he became the Rector 
of S. James' Church, New London, which position he 
held until his death. 

On the 3d day of August, a.d. 1785, he met his clergy 
at Middletown, and on that day he admitted four young 
men to the Diaconate. The senior of this class was 
Mr. Ashbel Baldwin. This was the first Ordination in 
America. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred 
upon him by The University of Oxford, a.d. 1777. 

Bishop Seabury died on the 25th day of February, 
a.d. 1796. He was buried in the Public Cemetery at 
New London, but in 1849 his remains were translated 
to the Chancel of S. James' Church, New London, 
where, at the joint expense of the Diocese and Parish, 



SAMUEL SEABURY. 49 

a handsome Monument of freestone, in the form of an 
Altar-tomb underneath a canopy surmounted by a 
Mitre, was placed over his final resting-place. On the 
slab above the tomb this simple record was engraven : 

The Right Rev. Father in God, 
SAMUEL SEABURY, D.D., 

First Bishop of Connecticut, 

And of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States ; 

Consecrated at Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov. 14, 1784 ; 

Died Feb. 25, 1796 ; aged 67. 

The Diocese of Connecticut recorded here 

its grateful memory of his virtues and services, 

A. D. 1849. 

And, on a brass plate inserted in its upper surface, this 
inscription : 

Q 



Sub pavimento altaris 

Ut in loco quietis ultimo usque ad magni diei judicium 

Exuviae mortnles praesulis admodum reverendi nunc restant, 

SAMUELIS SEABURY, S.T.D. Oxon., 

Qui primus in rempublicam novi orbis Anglo Americanam 

successionem apostolicam, 

E. Scotia transtulit XVIII. Kal. Dec. A.D. CIOIOCCLXXXIV. 

Diocesis sua 

laborum et angustiarura tarn chari capitis. nunquam oblita 

in ecclesia nova S. Jacobi majoris Neo Londinensi olim sede sua 

hoc mOnumentum nunc demum longo post tempore honoris causa 

anno salut. nost. CIOIOCCCXLIX ponere curavit. 

Writings. — 1. A Charge to the Clergy of the Dio- 
cese of Connecticut, on recommending Candidates for 
Orders, and on Confirmation. 2. A List of the Succes- 






50 SAMUEL SEABURY. 

sion of Scots Bishops, from 1688 to 1785. 3. A Charge 
to the Clergy of Connecticut on the Proper Deport- 
ment of the Clergy, the Religious Errors of the Times, 
and on The Holy Eucharist, 1786. 4. The Communion 
Office, or, Order for the Administration of The Holy 
Eucharist, &c. with Private Devotions. 5. A Sermon 
delivered before The Boston Episcopal Charitable So- 
ciety, Easter-Tuesday, 1788. 6. An Ordination Ser- 
mon, 1789. 7. An Address to the Ministers and 
Congregations of the Presbyterian and Independent 
Persuasions of the United States, 1790. 8. Two Vol- 
umes of Discourses, dedicated to the Episcopal Clergy 
of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1793.* 9. A second 
edition, 1795. 10. An Ordination Sermon, 1791. 11. 
A Discourse before the Free Masons, 1794. 12. An 
Earnest Persuasion to the Frequent Receiving of the 
Holy Eucharist. 13. Re-published, a.d. 1816, and again 
some years later. 14. A single Volume of his Ser- 
mons was published after his death, 1798. 15. Two 
Volumes of Discourses were issued at Hudson, isTew 
York, a.d. 1815, which contained nearly all those in 
the previous three volumes. 16. Sermon before The 
General Convention, a.d. 1792. 

* Johnson's Cyclopedia, Allibone's Dictionary, and others put this 
Edition in 1791. I can find no such edition, and am confident there 
is none. — Ed. 






No. 2. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM WHITE, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Phila- 
delphia on the 4th day of April, a.d. 1748. 

He graduated at The College of Philadelphia, (now 
The University of Pennsylvania,) a.d. 1765. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel Royal, S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 23d day of December, a.d. 
1770, by The Right Rev. Philip Young, D.D., The 
Bishop of Norwich, acting for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of Fulham Palace 
on the 25th clay of April, a.d. 1772, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became an Assistant Min- 
ister in Christ Church, Philadelphia, and subsequently 
the Rector of The United Parishes of Christ Church, 
S. Peter's, and S. James' in Philadelphia. 

He was appointed as Chaplain to Congress, a.d. 1787, 
which position he held until 1801. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1782, being the 
first honorary degree conferred by that institution. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pennsylvania, in The Chapel 
of Lambeth Palace, on the 4th day of February, a.d. 
1787, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 

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52 WILLIAM WHITE. 

bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Most Rev. Wil- 
liam Markham, D.D., Archbishop of York, The Right 
Rev. Charles Moss, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells, 
and The Right Rev. John HinchclifFe, D.D., Bishop 
of Peterborough. 

Bishop White died on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1836, 
and was buried in the Church Yard of Christ Church. 
On the 23d day of December, a.d. 1870, his remains 
were translated to the Chancel of Christ Church, and 
buried beneath the pavement. 

Writings. — 1. A large number of Sermons, tracts, 
essays, and controversial papers. 2. Episcopal Ad- 
dresses and Pastoral Letters. 3. Lectures on the Cate- 
chism, 1 vol. 8vo., 1813. 4. Comparative Views of the 
Controversy between the Calvinists and Arminians, 2 
vols. 8vo., 1817. 5. Memoirs of The Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in The United States of America, 1 vol. 
8vo., 1835-6. 6. A Commentary on the Questions in 
the Offices for the Ordaining of Priests and Deacons ; 
and a Commentary on the Duties of the Public Min- 
istry, 1 vol. 8vo., 1833. 7. Five Episcopal Charges, 
1807, 1825, 1831, 1832. 8. Five Addresses to the 
Trustees, Professors, and Students of The General 
Theological Seminary, 1822, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1829. 
9. The Pastoral Letters of The House of Bishops from 
1808 to 1835 inclusive. He was largely instrumental 
in the adaptation of The Book of Common Prayer to 
the wants of the Church, in its new relation to Civil 
Authority. 

The organization of the General Convention was 
primarily his work, and the original draft of the Con- 
stitution was written by him. 



WILLIAM WHITE. 53 

NOTE. 

Bisliop White was Baptized in Christ Church, Phila- 
delphia, on the 25th day of May, a.d. 1748, and there he 
received his first Communion. — There were no Bishops 
to confirm in those days. — His first Ordination was held 
in Christ Church. On the 28th day of May, a.d. 1787, 
he Ordained Mr. Joseph Clarkson, the grandfather of 
The Right Rev. Robert H. Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., 
first Bishop of Nebraska. In Christ Church Bishop 
White Consecrated eleven Bishops. 

In public matters he was always an active participant. 
He was the President of The Philadelphia Bible Society, 
The Philadelphia Dispensary, The Prison Society, The 
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and The Institution 
for the Blind. 



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No. 3. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL PROVOOST, D.D. 

The first Bishop of New York, was born in the city 
of New York on the 11th clay of March, a.d. 1742. 

He graduated at King's College, (now Columbia,) 
a.d. 1758. 

In 1761 he went to England, and was entered as 
Fellow Commoner at S. Peter's House, (now S. Peter's 
College,) Cambridge. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel Royal, of S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 3d day of February, a.d. 
1766, by The Right Reverend Richard Terrick, D.D., 
Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest at The King's Chapel, "Whitehall, on 
the 25th day of March, a.d. 1766, by The Right Rev. 
Edmund Keene, D.D., Bishop of Chester, acting for 
The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became the Rector of 
Trinity Church, New York, which position he held 
sixteen years. 

In 1784 he was appointed a Regent of The University 
of New York. 

In 1785 he was Chaplain to Congress. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1786. 

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SAMUEL PROVOOST. 55 

In 1789 he became Chaplain to the United States 
Senate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New York in The Chapel 
of Lambeth Palace, on the 4th day of February, a.d. 
1787, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Most Rev. Wil- 
liam Markham, D.D., Archbishop of York, The Right 
Rev. Charles Moss, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells, 
and The Right Rev. John Hinchcliffe, D.D., Bishop 
of Peterborough. 

In 1801 he resigned his position as Bishop of New 
York, but the House of Bishops declined to receive 
it, giving consent, however, to the Consecration of an 
Assistant Bishop. 

Bishop Provoost died on the 6th day of September, 
a.d. 1815, and was buried in the Family Vault in 
Trinity Church Yard. 

Writings. — While in Cambridge, he made an ex- 
tensive index to the Historia Planetarum of John Bau- 
bin. Of his own writings he published nothing. The 
Sermon before the General Convention of 1795 was 
preached by Bishop Provoost, but it was not printed. 



ISTo. 4. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES MADISON, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Virginia, was born in Rockingham, 
Virginia, on the 27th da} 7 of August, a.d. 1749. 

He graduated at The College of William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1772. After leaving Col- 
lege he studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar. 
He never practised, but proceeded at once to the 
study of Theology. 

In 1773 he was made Professor of Mathematics in 
his Alma-Mater, and in 1775 went to England for 
Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, on 
the 29th day of September, a.d. 1775, by The Eight 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 1st day 
of October, a.d. 1775, by the same Prelate. 

On his return to America he was made President 
of The College of William and Mary, which position 
he held until his death. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1785. 

Consecrated Bishop of Virginia in The Chapel of 
Lambeth Palace, on the 19th day of September, a.d. 
1790, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 

56 



JAMES MADISON. 57 

bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Right Rev. 
Beilby Porteus, D.D., Bishop of London, and The 
Right Rev. John Thomas, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. 

Bishop Madison died on the 5th day of March, a.d. 
1812, and was buried at Williamsburg, Virginia. 

Writings. — 1. A Thanksgiving Sermon, 1781. 2. 
A Letter to J. Morse, 1795. 3. An Address to The 
Episcopal Church, 1799. 4. A Sermon on the death 
of Mrs. Ann Semple, 1803. 5. Various papers in 
Barton's Journal. 6. A large Map of Virginia. 



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:nto. 5. 

the right reverend 

THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Maryland, was born in Prince 
George's County, Maryland, on the 2d day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1742. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1762, and studied Theology under the direc- 
tion of his uncle, The Rev. John Eversfield, D.D. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 20th day of September, a.d. 1767, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 11th clay 
of October, a.d. 1767, by the same Prelate. 

On his return to America, he was presented by the 
Governor of Maryland to the Rectorship of All Saints' 
Church in Calvert County, where he remained until 
the beginning of the War of the Revolution, when he 
retired to his own estate in Prince George's County, 
where he remained two years. In 1789 he officiated 
in S. Paul's Church, Prince George's County, and in 
1780 became the Rector of that Parish. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Maryland to 
the General Convention of 1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in Trinity Church, 
New York, on the 17th day of September, a.d. 1792, 

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THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT. 59 

by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D., The Right 
Rev. "William White, D.D., and The Right Rev. James 
Madison, D.D. 

This was the first Consecration of a Bishop in The 
United States, and the Succession of The Anglican 
and The Scots Episcopate was here joined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, a.d. 1787, and 
that of Doctor in Divinity from Washington College, 
Maryland, a.d. 1792. 

In 1800 he was Chaplain to the United States Senate 
at Washington. 

In 1808 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Upper Marlborough, which position he held until his 
death. 

Bishop Claggett died at Croom, on the 2d day of 
August, a.d. 1816. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Pastoral 
Letters, and Addresses to his Convention. 



!N"o. 6. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT SMITH, D.D. 

The first Bishop of South Carolina, was born in the 
County of Norfolk, England, on the 25th day of 
August, a.d. 1732. 

He graduated at Gronville and Caius College, Cam- 
bridge, a.d. 1753, and was elected a Fellow of The 
University. 

Ordered Deacon on the 7th day of March, a.d. 1756, 
by The Right Rev. Matthias Mauson, D.D., The Bishop 
of Ely. 

Ordained Priest on the 21st day of December, a.d. 

1756, by the same Prelate. 

He came to America as the Assistant Minister of 
S. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, a.d. 

1757, and became the Rector, a.d. 1759. 

During the War of the Revolution (1780) he was 
banished from Charleston upon its capture by the 
British, and removed to Maryland, where he took 
temporary charge of S. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne's 
County. He returned to Charleston in 1783 and took 
charge of an Academy, afterwards (1786) chartered as 
South Carolina College, of which he was President 
until 1798. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1789. 

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ROBERT SMITH. 61 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 14th day of September, 
a.d. 1795, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., 
The Right Rev. James Madison, D.D., and The Right 
Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D, 

Bishop Smith died on the 28th day of October, a.d. 
1801, and was buried in the Cemetery of S. Philip's 
Church, Charleston. 

He was one of the first members of " The Society 
of the Cincinnati." 

Writings. — The Preface to the Book of Common 
Prayer was written by him, and is the only known 
writing extant. 



:no. v. 

the right reverend 

EDWARD BASS, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts, on the 23d day of November, 
a.d. 1726. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1744. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 17th day of May, a.d. 1752, by The Eight Rev. 
Thomas Sherlock, D.D., Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 24th day 
of May, a.d. 1752, by the same Prelate. 

Returning to America, he became the Rector of S. 
Paul's Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts, which 
position he held during the rest of his life. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred 
upon him by The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 
1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 7th day of May, a.d. 
1797, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., and The 
Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D. 

Bishop Bass died on the 10th clay of September, 
a.d. 1803, and was buried at Newburyport. 

62 



EDWARD BASS. Q% 

"Writings. — 1. A Brief Account of his connection 
with the Society for The Propagation of The Gospel in 
Foreign Parts. 2. An Address to the Masonic Lodges 
on the Feast of S. John Baptist, 1779. 3. A Sermon 
preached before the Merrimac Humane Society, ~New- 
buryport, 1800, — published after his death. 



JSTo. 8. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ABRAHAM JARVIS, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Connecticut, was born in Nor- 
wich, Connecticut, on the 5th day of May, (O.S.,) 
1739. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, a.d. 1761. 

Ordered Deacon in The King's Chapel, Whitehall, 
on the 5th day of February, a.d. 1764, by The Right 
Rev. Frederick Keppel, D.D., The Bishop of Exeter, 
acting for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel Royal of S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 9th day of February, 
a.d. 1764, by The Right Rev. Charles Lyttelton, D.D., 
The Bishop of Carlisle, also acting for The Bishop of 
London. 

Returning to America, he became the Rector of 
Christ Church, (now Holy Trinity,) Middletown, Con- 
necticut. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Yale College, New Haven, a.d. 1796. 

Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut in Trinity 
Church, New Haven, on the 18th day of September, 
a.d. 1797, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Edward Bass, D.D. 

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ABRAHAM JARVIS. (55 

Bishop Jarvis died on the 13th day of May, a.d. 
1813, and was buried under the Altar of Trinity 
Church, JNTew Haven. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon on the death of Bishop 
Seabury. 2. A Sermon on The Witness of The Spirit. 



6* 



No. £). 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN MOORE, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of New York, was born in New- 
town, Long Island, on the 5th day of October, a.d. 
1748. 

He graduated at King's College, (now Columbia,) 
New York, a.d. 1768. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 24th day of June, a.d. 1774, by The Right Eev. 
Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the following 
day, by the same Prelate. 

Returning to America, he became an Assistant 
Minister in Trinity Church, New York, and on the 
22d day of December, a.d. 1800, he was made Rector 
of Trinity Parish. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1789. 

In 1801 Bishop Provoost, having become very in- 
firm and unable to attend to the duties of his Episco- 
pate, sent his resignation to the House of Bishops. 
Wisely fearing to establish a bad precedent, the 
Bishops declined to receive it, but consented to the 
Consecration of a Bishop-Coadjutor, who, upon the 
death of Bishop Provoost, should become the Bishop 
of the Diocese. 

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BENJAMIN MOORE. 67 

Consecrated Bishop- Coadjutor for the Diocese of 
New York in S. Michael's Church, Trenton, Eew 
Jersey, on the 11th day of September, a.d. 1801, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Eight Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.TJX, and The 
Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D. 

He was elected President of Columbia College in the 
same year, (1801,) which position he held ten years. 

Bishop Moore died on the 27th day of February, 
a.d. 1816, at Greenwich, New York. 

Writings. — Three Sermons and one pamphlet con- 
stitute all that is known of writings published during 
his life. After his death Two Volumes of Sermons, 
8vo., were published under the supervision of his son, 
The Rev. Clement C. Moore, LL.D. 



No. lO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL PARKER, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire, on the 17th day of August, 
a.d. 1744. 

He graduated at Harvard College, a.d. 1764. 

In 1773 he was elected as the Assistant Minister for 
Trinity Church, Boston. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1744, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 27th day 
of February, a.d. 1744, by the same Prelate. 

In June, 1779, he became the Rector of Trinity 
Church, Boston. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Trinity 
Church, New York, on the 14th day of September, a.d. 
1804, by The Right Rev. "William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, S.T.D., in the presence 
of both Houses of the General Convention. 

Bishop Parker died on the 6th day of December, 



SAMUEL PARKER. QQ 

a.d. 1804, three months after his Consecration, without 
having performed one Episcopal act. 

"Writings. — One Sermon, called " The Annual Elec- 
tion Sermon," preached hefore the Legislature of Mas- 
sachusetts, a.d. 1793, and one Sermon preached for the 
benefit of The Boston Female Asylum, a.d, 1803, 



No. 11. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY HOBART, D.D. 

The third Bishop of New York, was born in Philadel- 
phia on the 14th day of September, a.d. 1775. 

He was Baptized and Confirmed in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, by Bishop White. 

He was prepared for college in The Episcopal Acad- 
emy in Philadelphia, and at the age of thirteen en- 
tered The College of Philadelphia, (now The University 
of Pennsylvania,) but two years later he was transferred 
to The College of New Jersey in Princeton, where he 
graduated, a.d. 1793. 

He entered the counting-house of his brother-in-law 
in Philadelphia, but mercantile pursuits were not con- 
genial to his tastes, and in 1796 he accepted an ap- 
pointment to a Tutorship in his Alma-Mater. Here 
he remained two years, when he returned to Philadel- 
phia and completed his Theological studies under the 
direction of Bishop White. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 3d day of June, a.d. 1798, by The Right Pev. Wil- 
liam White, D.D. 

He took charge of Trinity Church, Oxford, and All 

Saints', Perkiomen, near Philadelphia, for a few months, 

and then removed to New-Brunswick, New Jersey, 

where he had charge of Christ's Church. At the end 

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JOHN HENRY HOB ART. 71 

of one year he removed to Hempstead, Long Island, 
and remained there a few months. In September, 1800, 
he was elected an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, 
New York, which position he accepted, and at once 
entered upon his duties. 

On the 3d day of June, a.d. 1799, he was elected 
Secretary to the House of Bishops. In 1801 he was 
elected Secretary to the Convention of the Diocese 
of New York, and Deputy to the General Convention 
which met at Trenton, New Jersey, in September of 
that year. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, 
April, a.d. 1801, by The Right Rev. Samuel -Provoost, 
D.D. The day of the month is not known. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention, a.d. 
1804, and at that Convention was made Secretary to 
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon 
him by Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 
1806. 

Consecrated Bishop-Coadjutor in the Diocese of 
New York, in Trinity Church, New York, on the 29th 
day of May, a.d. 1811, by The Right Rev. "William 
White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Pro- 
voost, D.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Jarvis, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Moore, a.d. 1816, he be- 
came the Bishop of New York and the Rector of 
Trinity Church. 

He performed Episcopal duty for New Jersey until 
the election of Dr. Croes, and was, provisionally, the 
Bishop of Connecticut from 1816 to 1819. 

Bishop Hobart was one of the Founders of The 



72 JOHN HENRY HO BART. 

General Theological Seminary, and upon the location 
of that Institution in New York he was made the 
Professor of Pastoral Theology. 

In 1823 his health failed, and he visited Europe for 
recuperation. It is worthy of note that he was per- 
mitted to preach in Rome, but the Act under which 
Bishops "White and Provoost were Consecrated pre- 
vented his preaching in London. 

Bishop Hobart died in Auburn, New York, on the 
10th day of September, a.d. 1830. His remains were 
removed to New York, and buried under the Chancel 
of Trinity Church. 

Wkitings. — 1. The Companion for The Altar, 12mo., 
1804. 2. The Companion for The Festivals and Fasts, 
12mo., 1805. 3. The Companion to the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, 12mo., 1805. 4. The Clergyman's Com- 
panion, 1806. 5. A Collection of Essays on Episco- 
pacy, 8vo., 1806. 6. Apology for Apostolic Order, &c, 
8vo., 1807. 7. The Christian's Manual of Faith and 
Devotion, 1814. 8. The Candidate for Confirmation 
instructed, 1816. 9. A Funeral Address at the Inter- 
ment of The Right Rev. Benj. Moore, D.D., with a 
copious index on the Place of Departed Spirits, and 
the Descent of Christ into Hell, 1816. 10. D'Oyly and 
Mant's Bible, with Notes, 1823. 11. Sermons on the 
Principal Events and Truths of Redemption, 2 vols. 
8vo., 1824. 

Bishop Hobart also published a large number of Ser- 
mons, Addresses, Essays, with Controversial Letters and 
Documents, Charges to his Clergy, &c. (See Sprague's 
Annals, &c, vol. 5.) 



No. 13. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD, S.T.D. 

The first and only Bishop of a jurisdiction, (created 
May 29th, a.d. 1810,) under the title of The Eastern 
Diocese, including the territory now consisting of the 
Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island, was horn in Simshury, 
Connecticut, on the 22d day of April, a.d. 1776. 

He was educated hy his uncle, The Rev. Roger Yiets, 
Rector of S. Andrew's Church, Simsbury. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Simsbury, 
on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1795, by The Right Rev. 
Samuel Seabury, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, on the 
1st day of October, a.d. 1795, by the same Prelate. 

During the ten years thereafter, he had charge of 
three Parishes in Connecticut, viz. : East Plymouth, 
Eorthfield, and Harwinton. In 1804 he accepted a call 
to the Rectorship of S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island. In 1810 he accepted a call to the Rec- 
torship of S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Connecticut, 
and while the preparations for his removal were in pro- 
gress he was elected — May 31st, a.d. 1810 — Bishop of 
the Eastern Diocese. 

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74 ALEXANDER VIETS GR IS WOLD. 

Consecrated Bishop of the Eastern Diocese in 
Trinity Church, E"ew York, on the 29th day of May, 
a.d. 1811, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D. 

He remained at Bristol in charge of S. Michael's 
Church, in addition to his duties as Bishop, until 1830, 
when he removed to Salem, Massachusetts, and became 
the Rector of S. Peter's Church, which position he 
held until 1835, when he resigned, and from that time 
forward devoted himself exclusively to the duties of 
his Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, a.d. 1810, from The 
College of New Jersey, a.d. 1811, and from Harvard 
College, a.d. 1812. 

Upon the death of Bishop White — a.d. 1836 — he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

His last Episcopal act was the Consecration of The 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. , as his own Coadjutor. 

Bishop Griswold died in Boston on the 15th day of 
February, a.d. 1843. He had reached the doorway of 
Bishop Eastburn, when he fell, and before assistance 
could be had his Episcopate was ended. 

Writings.— 1. A few Sermons and Addresses. 2. 
Discourses on the most important Doctrines and Duties 
of the Christian Religion. One vol. 8vo., 1830. 



:sro. 13. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The second Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts, on the 8th day of December, 
a.d. 1776. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1795. 

On the 9th day of October, a.d. 1797, he was elected 
Rector of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Newburyport, 
Massachusetts, on the 24th day of December, a.d. 1797, 
by The Right Rev. Edward Bass, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 9th day 
of October, a.d. 1800, by the same Prelate. 

He removed to Rhode Island, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church, Newport, where he remained until 
1810, when he removed to South Carolina, and became 
the Rector of S. Michael's Church, Charleston. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
a.d. 1809. 

He was a Deputy from the Eastern Diocese to the 
General Convention which met at Baltimore, Mary- 
land, a.d. 1808. 

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76 THEODORE DEHON. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina, in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 15th day of October, 
a.d. 1812, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Bishop Dehon died on the 6th day of August, a.d. 
1817, and was buried in the Chancel of S. Michael's 
Church, Charleston. 

Weitings. — 1. Various Episcopal Addresses, and Ser- 
mons preached on special occasions. 2. Two volumes 
of Sermons, 8vo., published after his death. An edition 
was printed for sale in England, and from this a profit 
of £321 was realized by the Committee of Publication. 



No. 14. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

RICHARD CHANNING MOORE, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Virginia, was born in the city of 
New York on the 21st clay of August, a.d. 1762. 

JJe studied Medicine, and after a few years' practice 
abandoned the Profession and studied Theology under 
the direction of Bishop Provoost. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Chapel, New York, 
on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1787, by The Eight Eev. 
Samuel Provoost, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 19th day of September, a.d. 1787, by the same 
Prelate. 

He removed to Eye, in Westchester County, New 
York, and became the Eector of Christ Church, where 
he remained until 1789, when he removed to Staten 
Island and became the Eector of S. Andrew's Church, 
which position he held for twenty-one years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, a.d. 
1805. 

In 1808 he was Deputy from New York to the 
General Convention which met at Baltimore, and was 
appointed the Chairman of the Committee on Hym- 
nody. 

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78 RICHARD CHANNING MOORE. 

In 1809 he removed to New York City, and became 
the Rector of S. Stephen's Church. 

Consecrated Bishop of Virginia in S. James' Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 18th day of May, a.d. 1814, by 
The Eight Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Theodore Dehon, S.T.D. 

Upon his removal to Virginia he settled at Rich- 
mond, and became the Rector of The Monumental 
Church. 

Bishop Moore died in Lynchburg, Virginia, while on 
a visitation, on the 11th day of November, a.d. 1841, 
and was buried in the public cemetery at Richmond. 

"Writings. — Various Addresses to his Clergy and 
Convention, and The Sermon preached before The 
General Convention in S. James' Church, Philadel- 
phia, a.d. 1820. 



No. 15. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES KEMP, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Maryland, was born in Keith 
Hall Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the 20th day 
of May, a.d. 1764.* v 

He graduated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, a.d. 
1786, and came to the United States a.d. 1787. 

He studied Theology under the direction of The 
Rev. John Bowie, D.D., Rector of Great Choptank 
Parish, in Maryland. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 26th day of December, a.d. 1789, by The Right 
Rev. William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 27th 
day of December, a.d. 1789, by the same Prelate. 

In August, a.d. 1790, he succeeded The Rev. Dr. 
Bowie in the Rectorship of Great Choptank Parish, 
where he remained until 1813, when he removed to 
Baltimore and became the Associate Rector of S. 
Paul's Church. 

* At Densie burn, June 26th, 1764, Donald Kempt and Isabel 
Copland liesidenters there had a son baptized, named James, before 
these witnesses, William and James Smiths and James Booth in 
Ardmurdo. — [From the Register of Keith-hall.) 

79 



80 JAMES KEMP. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1802. 

Consecrated Bishop Suffragan to Bishop Claggett 
of Maryland, in Christ Church, New-Brunswick, New 
Jersey, on the 1st day of September, a.d. 1814, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by 
The. Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., and The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Bishop Claggett assigned to his care that portion 
of the Diocese known as " The Eastern Shore" — now 
The Diocese of Easton. 

In 1815 he was ejected as Provost of The Univer- 
sity of Maryland, in Baltimore, which office he held 
during the rest of his life. 

Upon the death of Bishop Claggett, a.d. 1816, he 
became the Bishop of Maryland. 

Bishop Kemp died on the 28th day of October, 1827. 
He had been to Philadelphia to assist in the Consecra- 
tion of The Rev. Dr. H. U. Onderdonk to the Episco- 
pate, and on his return was so injured by the upsetting 
of the stage coach, near New Castle, Delaware, that 
he died after three days of great suffering. 

Writings. — 1. Several Addresses to his Convention. 
2. A Sermon on the death of Washington, 1800. 3. 
A Sermon before the Convention of the Diocese of 
Maryland, 1803. 4. A Sermon before the Free Masons, 
1806. 5. A Sermon on Death-Bed Repentance, 1815. 

6. A Sermon on the death of Bishop Claggett, 1816. 

7. A Sermon before The General Convention, 1821. 

8. A Tract on Conversion, 1807. 9. Letters in Vindi- 
cation of Episcopacy, 1808. 10. An Address to the 
Students of The General Theological Seminary, 1825. 



No. 16. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN CROES, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Eliza- 
bethtown, New Jersey, (now Elizabeth,) on the 1st clay 
of June, A.i). 1762. 

He prepared himself for a teacher, and opened a 
private classical school. He decided to prepare for 
Holy Orders, studied Theology during the intervals 
of teaching, and applied for Ordination to Bishop 
White. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of February, a.d. 1790, by The Right 
Rev. William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 4th day 
of March, a.d. 1792, by the same Prelate. 

He settled at Swedesborough, New Jersey, and be- 
came the Rector of Trinity Church, where he remained 
twelve' years. 

In 1793 he was a Deputy to the General Conven- 
tion from New Jersey. 

In 1801 he removed to New-Brunswick, and became 
the Rector of Christ's Church, with charge of S. Peter's 
Church at Spotswood. He also had the charge of an 
Academy in New-Brunswick. 

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82 JOHN CROES. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1811. 

In 1814 he was again a Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from New Jersey, and was chosen President 
of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. 

In June, 1815, he was elected to the Episcopate of 
Connecticut, which he declined. In* August of the 
same year, he was elected to the Episcopate of New 
Jersey. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Peter's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 19th day of November, 
a.d. 1815, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D. 

Bishop Croes died on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1832. 

Writings. — In addition to several Addresses to his 
Convention, he published a Sermon on the Duty of 
contributing liberally to the Promotion of Religious 
and Benevolent Institutions, and a Sermon before The 
General Convention, a.d. 1823. 



No. 17. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

NATHANIEL BOWEN, D.D. 

The third Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 
1779. 

In 1787 his father removed to Charleston, South 
Carolina, and died there soon after his arrival. The 
Rev. Robert Smith (afterwards the Bishop of South 
Carolina) took charge of the boy, and superintended 
his education. 

He graduated at Charleston College, a.d. 1794, and 
became a Tutor in that institution, where he remained 
for some time. 

He removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and studied 
Theology under the direction of The Rev. Dr. Parker, 
(afterwards Bishop,) the Rector of Trinity Church. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
3d day of June, a.d. 1800, by The Right Rev. Edward 
Bass, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Newburyport, 
Massachusetts, in October, a.d. 1802, by the same Pre- 
late. The precise date is not known. 

He removed to Providence, Rhode Island, and took 
charge of S. John's Church, but in March, a.d. 1802, 

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84 NATHANIEL BO WEN. 

he returned to Charleston and became the Assistant 
Minister in S. Michael's Church, succeeding to the 
Rectorship in 1804. In 1809 he removed to New 
York, and became the Rector of Grace Church, where 
he remained nine years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania and from The College 
of South Carolina, a.d. 1814. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 18th day of October, a.d. 
1818, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., The 
Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Croes, S.T.D. 

Bishop Bowen died in Charleston on the 25th day 
of August, a.d. 1839, and was buried in the Chancel 
of S. Michael's Church. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon preached before The New 
York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, 1812. 
2. Pastoral Advice, An Essay, 1831. 3. Six Sermons 
on Christian Consolation, 1831. 4. Duty of being 
Confirmed, 1831. 5. On Responding Aloud, 1833. 6. 
Fast-Day Circular, 1833. 7. An Address to the Stu- 
dents of The General Theological Seminary, 1836. 8. 
Sermon on the death of Bishop White, 1836. Two 
vols. 8vo. of his Sermons were published after his 
death. 



No. 18. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

PHILANDER CHASE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Ohio, was born in Cornish, New 
Hampshire, on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1775. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1796. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 10th day of June, a.d. 1798, by The Right Rev. 
Samuel Provoost, D.D. 

Note.— In Bishop Chase's Reminiscences, the place 
of Ordination to the Diaconate is given as S. George's 
Chapel, and the date as the 10th of May. The Orig- 
inal Certificate of his Ordination however, written in 
full by Bishop Provoost and signed by him, is now 
(1878) in the hands of Mr. S. Rollinson Colburn, of 
Washington, D. C, and gives S. Paul's Chapel as the 
place, and the 10th of June as the time. I have fol- 
lowed the Official Document. — Ed. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 10th day of November, a.d. 1799, by the same 
Prelate. 

During the eighteen months following his admission 
to the Diaconate, he acted as a Missionary in the 
northern and western portions of the Diocese of New 
York. The Parishes at Utica, Canandaigua, and 
Auburn were organized by him. 

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86 PHILANDER CHASE. 

In 1800 he took charge of the Parishes at Pough- 
keepsie and Fishkill. 

In 1805 he went to New Orleans, where he organized 
the Parish of Christ Church and became its Rector. 

In 1811 he returned to the North, and after officia- 
ting for a short time at Christ Church, Hartford, 
Connecticut, he became the Rector of that Parish. 

In 1817 he resigned, and started out as a Missionary 
for the regions west of the Alleghany Mountains. 

His first service in Ohio was held at Salem, on the 
16th day of March, a.d. 1817. He organized the 
Parishes at Columbus, Ravenna, "Windsor, Middlebury, 
and Zanesville. 

In June, 1817, he became the Rector of the Parishes at 
Worthington, Delaware, and Columbus, taking charge 
at the same time of an Academy at Worthington. 

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio in S. James' Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 11th day of February, a.d. 1819, 
by The Right Rev. William "White, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., The Right 
Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John 
Croes, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1819, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Cincinnati College, 
a.d. 1823. 

In 1821 he accepted the Office of President of Cin- 
cinnati College, which position he held for two years. 
During this time he perfected his plans for a Theolog- 
ical Seminary. 

He went to England, where he succeeded through 
the influence of Lord Gambier and Lord Kenyon, in 



PHILANDER CHASE. 87 

collecting a large sum of money, with which, he founded 
The Theological Seminary and Kenyon College, in 
Gambier, Ohio. This work occupied his time for 
more than ten years. 

In September, a.d. 1831, he resigned his position as 
President of the Theological Seminary and Kenyon 
College, and at the same time that of Bishop of Ohio. 

In 1832 he took possession of a large tract of land 
in Michigan, where he remained for three years. 

In 1835 he was chosen by the Clergy of Illinois as 
their Bishop, which position he accepted, and under 
his direction the work of the Church in Illinois was 
organized, and the Diocese admitted to union with 
the General Convention. 

He went again to England and succeeded in collect- 
ing about ten thousand dollars, with which he founded 
Jubilee College, at a Point in Peoria County, Illinois, 
which he named " Robin's Nest." The Corner Stone 
of the new College was laid in 1838. 

In 1839-40 he visited Louisiana, Mississippi, South 
Carolina and Georgia, soliciting aid for his new enter- 
prise. He also visited the Eastern and Middle States 
for the same purpose. 

Upon the death of Bishop Griswold, a.d. 1843, he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Chase died on the 20th day of September, a.d. 
1852, and was buried in the Cemetery of Jubilee Col- 
lege. A plain Monument marks the spot, upon which 
is a Cross in the midst of clouds, with his favorite 
motto, " Jehovah Jireh," upon it. 

Writings.— 1. The Pastoral Letters of The House 
of Bishops from a.d. 1844 to a.d. 1850, inclusive. 2. A 



88 PHILANDER CHASE. 

Plea for the West, 1826. 3. The Star in the West, or 
Kenyon College, 1828. 4. Defence of Kenyon College, 
1831. 5. A Plea for Jubilee, 1835. 6. Reminiscences ; 
An Autobiography, 2 vols. 8vo., 1847. 

Bishop Chase also edited for about three years before 
his death a monthly publication for his Diocese, called 
" The Motto." 



No. 19. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Connecticut, was born at West- 
port, Massachusetts, on the 19th day of October, a.d. 
1779. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1804. 

In 1805-6 he was Tutor, 1806-11 Professor of Logic 
and Belles-Lettres, 1811-14 Lecturer on Chemistry, 
1814-17 Professor of Rhetoric and Chemistry, in Union 
College. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 11th day of April, a.d. 1816, by The Eight Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 4th day of August, a.d. 1816, by the same Prelate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut in Trinity 
Church, New Haven, Connecticut, on the 27th day 
of November, a.d. 1819, by The Right Rev. William 
White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Alexander 
Viets Griswold, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John 
Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Upon removing to Connecticut, he settled in Hart- 
ford, where, in 1824, he founded Washington (now 
Trinity) College, and became its first President. 

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90 THOMAS CHURCH BROWN ELL. 

The Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology was con- 
ferred upon him by Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1819, and that of Doctor in Divinity by Union College, 
during the same year. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Laws.' 

Upon the death of Bishop Philander Chase, (a.d. 
1852,) he became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Brownell died on the 13th day of January, 
a.d. 1865, and was buried in the Cemetery known as 
" Cedar Hill," in Hartford, Connecticut. 

A full length Statue of the Bishop in his Episcopal 
Robes was cast in bronze in Munich, and placed' on 
the College Campus at Hartford, by his son-in-law, 
Mr. Gordon W. Burnham, of New York. 

Writings. — 1. Commentary on the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, 8vo. 2. Consolation for the Afflicted, 
18mo. 3. Christian's Walk and Consolation, 18mo. 4. 
Exhortation to Repentance, 18mo. 5. Eamily Prayer 
Book. 6. Religion of the Heart, 5 vols. 7. Religious 
Inquirer answered, 18mo. 8. Youthful Christian's 
Guide, 18mo. 9. Several Single Sermons, Essays, 
Addresses, and occasional Papers in the Periodicals 
of the day. 10. Addresses and Sermons to The Con- 
vention of the Diocese of Connecticut. 11. A Charge 
— The Errors of the Times. 12. New Englandism not 
the Religion of the Bible. An examination of a review 
of his fourth Charge. 



No. 20. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN STARK RAYENSCROFT, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of North Garolina, was born near 
Blanford, in Prince George's County, Maryland, a.d. 
1772. 

Shortly after his birth his father removed with his 
famijy to Scotland, where he soon died. 

In 1789 young Ravenscroft returned to America, 
and entered The College of William and Mary, Wil- 
liamsburg, Virginia, his purpose being to prepare 
himself for the practice of Law. This he never ac- 
complished. 

In 1792 he returned to Scotland, for the purpose of 
completing the settlement of his father's estate. This 
done, he returned to Virginia, where he settled to 
the pursuits of a country life in Lunenburg County. 
Here he resided for eighteen years, during which time 
it is said of him : " He never bent his knees in prayer, 
nor did he once open a Bible." 

In 1810 his mind took a new direction, and he joined 
a body of Christians known as " Republican Method- 
ists." Their extravagant and almost wild fanaticism 
soon drove him from them, and after proper instruc- 

91 



92 JOHN STARK RAVENSCROFT. 

tions lie was confirmed by The Right Rev. Richard 
Charming Moore, S.T.D., the Bishop of Virginia. # 

In 1817 he was elected Rector of S. James' Church, 
Mecklenburg County, some months before his ordi- 
nation. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, on the 25th day of April, a.d. 1817, by The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Fredericks- 
burg, on the 6th day of May in the same year, by the 
same Prelate. 

In 1823 he was elected Rector of the Parish at Nor- 
folk, but declined. 

During the same year he was chosen Assistant 
Minister to the Bishop, who was Rector of The Monu- 
mental Church, Richmond. While this call was under 
consideration, he was elected to the Episcopate of 
North Carolina. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina, in S. Paul's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 22cl day of May, a.d. 
1823, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., as- 
sisted by The Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. John Croes, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Na- 
thaniel Bowen, D.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

The Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology was con- 
ferred upon him by Columbia College, New York, 
a.d. 1823, and that of Doctor in Divinity by The Col- 
lege of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 
and by The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 
during the same year. 

He was Rector of Christ Church, Raleigh, for five 



JOHN STARK RAVENSCROFT. 93 

years, after which he removed to Williamsborough, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church, which 
position he held until the spring of 1829. 

Bishop Ravenscroft died on the 5th day of March, 
a.d. 1830, and was buried in a Vault he had some time 
before prepared, beneath the Chancel of Christ Church, 
Raleigh. 

"Writings. — A few Sermons, Charges, Letters, &c, 
which, with an addition of sixty-one Sermons indi- 
cated by himself, were published after his death, in 
2 vols. 8vo. 



No. SI. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY USTICK ONDERDONK, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in the 
City of New York on the 16th day of March, a.d. 
1789. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1805. 

He went abroad, and studied medicine in London 
and Edinburgh. The Degree of M.D. he received from 
The University of Edinburgh. 

Returning to the United States, he began the prac- 
tice of Medicine in New York, and became the Asso- 
ciate Editor, with Dr. Yalentine Mott, of The New 
York Medical Journal. He abandoned his Profession 
after a few years, and studied Theology under the 
direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 8th day of December, a.d. 1815, by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 11th day of April, a.d. 1816, by the same Prelate. 

He went at once as a Missionary to Canandaigua, 
New York, where he remained four years. In 1820 
he removed to Brooklyn, Long Island, and became the 
Rector of S. Ann's Church, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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HENRY USTICK ONDERDOKK. Qj 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, on the 25th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1827, by The Right Rev. "William "White, 
D.D., assisted by the Right Pev. John Henry Hobart, 
D.D., The Right Pev. James Kemp, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. John Croes, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and from 
Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1827. 

Upon the death of Bishop White, a.d. 1836, he be- 
came the Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

In 1844, owing to a wide-spread dissatisfaction, he 
sent his resignation to the House of ' Bishops. The 
resignation was accepted, but he was presented for 
trial under the charge of intemperance, and suspended 
from all sacerdotal functions. In 1856 he was restored 
to his Office and Ministry. 

Bishop Onderdonk died in Philadelphia on the 6th 
day of December, a.d. 1858, and was buried in the 
Church Yard of S. James the Less. 

Weitings. — 1. Appeal to the Religious Public of 
Canandaigua, 1818. 2. Episcopacy tested by Scrip- 
ture, 1830. 3. Episcopacy Examined and Re-examined, 
1835. 4. Essay on Regeneration, 1835. 5. Family 
Devotions from The Liturgy, 1835. 6. Sermons and 
Charges, 2 vols. 8vo., 1851. 

The Hymns in the Old Prayer Book Collection, 
Nos. 14, 105, 106, 109, 131, 195, 203, 208, and 211, were 
written by him, and the versified Psalms in the same 
collection, Nos. 16, 23, and 59, were his. 



!No. 22. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MEADE, D.D. 

The third Bishop of Virginia, was born near Millwood, 
Clark County, Virginia, on the 11th day of November, 
a.d. 1789. 

He graduated at The College of E"ew Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1808. 

Ordered Deacon in Bruton Parish Church, Williams- 
burg, Virginia, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1811, 
by The Bight Bev. James Madison, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on the 29th day of January, a.d. 1814, by The 
Bight Bev. Thomas John Claggett, D.D., Bishop of 
Maryland. 

He began his ministry as the Assistant of The Bev. 
Alexander Balmaine, Bector of the Parish Church at 
Millwood. In the Autumn of 1811 he went to Alex- 
andria, and took charge of Christ Church. In 1813 
he returned to Millwood, and upon the death of Mr. 
Balmaine, became the Bector of the Parish. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia in S. 
James' Church, Philadelphia, on the 19th day of Au- 
gust, a.d. 1829, by The Bight . Bev. William White, 
D.D., assisted by The Bight Bev. John Henry Hobart, 

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WILLIAM MEADE. 97 

D.D., The Eight Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswolcl, 
S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Richard Channing Moore, 
S.T.D., The Eight Eev. John Croes, S.T.D., The 
Eight Eev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., and 
The Eight Eev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop E. C. Moore, he became 
the Bishop of Virginia. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of "William and Mary, a.d. 1827. 

Bishop Meade died on the 14th day of March, a.d. 
1862, in Eichmond, Virginia, and was buried in Holy- 
wood Cemetery. His remains were subsequently re- 
moved to the Cemetery of the Theological Seminary, 
near Alexandria. 

Writings. — 1. Family Prayer, 1834. 2. Lectures 
on the Pastoral Office, 1849. 3. Lectures to Students, 
1849. 4. Old Churches and Families in Virginia. 5. 
The Bible and the Classics, 1861. 6. Sermons, Ad- 
dresses, papers of a controversial nature, and Addresses 
to his Convention. 



No. 23. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MURRAY STONE, S.T.D., 

The third Bishop of Maryland, was born in Somerset 
County, Maryland, on the 1st day of June, a.d. 1779. 

He graduated at Washington College, Kent County, 
a.d. 1799, and studied Theology under the direction 
of The Rev. George Dashiel of Baltimore. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Prince George's 
County, on the 17th day of May, a.d. 1802, by The 
Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 27th 
day of December in the same year, by the same Pre- 
late. 

In 1803 he became Rector of Stepney Parish, (now 
in Wicomico County,) Somerset County, where he re- 
mained until 1829, when he became the Rector of S. 
Paul's Church, Chestertown, Chester Parish, in the 
County of Kent. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in S. Paul's Church, 
Baltimore, on the 21st day of October, a.d. 1830, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D., The Right 
Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. William Meade, D.D. 



WILLIAM MURRAY STONE. 99 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, a.d. 1830. 

Bishop Stone died on the 26th day of February, 
a.d. 1838. He was buried in a private burial place, 
but his remains were afterwards removed to " The 
Parsons' Cemetery" in Salisbury. 

Writings. — 1. A Charge to the Clergy and Laity of 
Maryland, 1831. 2. Pastoral Letter to his Diocese, 1835. 
3. The Sermon before The General Convention, 1835. 



No. 3<L. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN TREDWELL ONDERDONK, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of New York, was born in the City 
of New York, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1791. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1809. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 2d day of August, a.d. 1812, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Newark, New 
Jersey, on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1815, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was elected Professor of Ecclesiastical History 
in The General Theological Seminary, New York, and 
afterwards an Assistant Minister in Trinity Church. 
This position he held until after his elevation to the 
Episcopate. He was elected Secretary of the Diocesan 
Convention of New York in 1816, and was re-elected 
every year until 1830. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1826. 

Consecrated Bishop of New York in S. John's 
Chapel, Npw York, on the 26th day of November, 
a.d. 1830, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 

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BENJAMIN TREDWELL ONDERDONK. 101 

assisted by The Bight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., and The Eight Rev. Henry TJstick Onderdonk, 
S.T.D. 

He was suspended " from the office of a Bishop in 
the Church of God, and from the functions of the 
Sacred Ministry/' on the 3d day of January, a.d. 1845. 

At the Diocesan Convention of New York, a.d. 
1859, a Resolution was offered, " requesting the House 
of Bishops to terminate the suspension of Bishop 
Onderdonk,",* &c. This was passed by a vote of 147 
to 19 of the Clergy, and 75 to 46 of the Laity. The 
petition was never granted. 

Bishop Onderdonk died in the City of New York 
on the 30th day of April, a.d. 1861, and was buried 
in Trinity Cemetery. 



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No. 25. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

LEVI SILLIMAN IVES, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of North Carolina, was born in 
Meriden, Connecticut, on the 16th day of September, 
a.d. 1797. 

In 1816 he entered Hamilton College, intending to 
study for the Presbyterian Ministry. His health failed, 
and he was obliged to abandon his project. Subse- 
quently he removed to New York, and, having decided 
to study for Holy Orders placed himself under the 
direction of Bishop Hobart, who superintended his 
Theological Studies. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 14th day of August, a.d. 1822, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, (Southwark,) 
Philadelphia, on the 14th day of June, a.d. 1828, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D. 

His first ministrations were in S. James' Church, 
Batavia, New York. Subsequently, he was Rector of 
Trinity Church, (Southwark,) Philadelphia, Assistant 
Minister at Trinity Church, New York, and Rector of 
S. James' Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 

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LEVI SILLIMAN IVES. 103 

ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1824, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
North Carolina, a.d. 1834. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina in Trinity 
Church, (Southwark,) Philadelphia, on the 22d day of 
September, a.d. 1831, by The Right Rev. William 
"White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry TJs- 
tick Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Benj. 
Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

In the year 1852, he made his obedience to the 
Roman Communion, and was formally deposed in 
October, a.d. 1853. 

In The Roman Catholic Church, he never attained 
any great prominence. 

He was made Professor of Rhetoric in S. Joseph's 
Seminary at Fordham, New York, Lecturer on Eng- 
lish Literature and Rhetoric in the Convent of The 
Sacred Heart, and President of the Order of S. Vincent 
de Paul. 

He died on the 13th day of October, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — 1. A Catechism, 18mo., 2 Pts. 2. Manual 
of Devotion, 12mo. 3. Five Sermons on The Apostles' 
Doctrine and Fellowship, 16mo. 4. Humility a Minis- 
terial Qualification, an Address, 1840, 8vo. 5. Sermon 
on the Obedience of Faith, 1849, 18mo. 6. The Trials 
of a Mind in its Progress to Catholicism, a letter to 
his old friends, Boston, 1853, 12mo. : republished in 
London, 1854, 8vo. 



No. 26. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Vermont, was born in Dublin, Ire- 
land, on the 30th day of January, a.d. 1792. 

In the year 1800, his father removed with his family 
to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. 

After a somewhat remarkable experience, we find 
him as a member of the Bar, in successful practice in 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 

During an interregnum in the Rectorship of Trinity 
Church, Pittsburg, he acted as Lay-reader, with charge 
of the music, Sunday-School, &c, keeping the Con- 
gregation together. His services were so acceptable 
that the Vestry unanimously elected him Rector of the 
Parish. He was not at that time even a Candidate for 
Holy Orders. 

He proceeded at once to Philadelphia, and, after con- 
sultation with Bishop White, decided to accept the call. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 
(Southwark,) on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1823, 
by The Right Rev. William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Norristown, 
Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, a.d. 1824, by 
the same Prelate. 
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JOHN HENRY HOPKINS. 105 

In 1826 and in 1829, he was a Deputy to the Gen- 
eral Convention from the Diocese of Pennsylvania. 

He remained in Pittsburg until 1831, when he re- 
moved to Massachusetts and became the Assistant 
Minister of Trinity Church, Boston, and Professor 
of Systematic Divinity in the Theological School in 
Boston. 

Consecrated Bishop of Vermont in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Upon removing to Vermont, he became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Burlington. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Vermont, and that of Doctor of 
Laws from Jubilee College, Illinois. 

Upon the death of Bishop Brownell, a.d. 1865, he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Hopkins died in Burlington, Vermont, on 
the 9th day of January, a.d. 1868, and is buried in con- 
secrated ground at Rock Point, within the grounds 
adjoining the Episcopal residence. 

Writings.— 1. Christianity Vindicated, 1833. 2. The 
Primitive Creed, examined and explained, 1834. 3. 
The Primitive Church, compared, &c, 1835. 4. Essay 
on Gothic Architecture, 1836, 4to. 5. The Church of 
Rome contrasted, &c, 1837. 6. The Novelties which 
disturb our Peace, 1844. 7. Sixteen Lectures on The 
Reformation. 8. The History of the Confessional, 
1850. 9. The "End of Controversy" controverted, 
1854, 2 vols. 10. The American Citizen, 1857. 11. 

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106 JOHN HENRY HOPKINS. 

A Scriptural, Ecclesiastical and Historical View of 
Slavery, 1864. 12. The Law of Ritualism, 1866. 13. 
The History of The Church, in verse, 1867. Post- 
humous. — A Candid Examination of the Question, 
whether the Pope of Rome is the great Antichrist of 
Scripture, 1868. 

Bishop Hopkins also published a large number of 
Letters, Essays, Sermons and various Addresses, Lec- 
tures, &c. See " The Life of Bishop Hopkins, by one 
of his sons," 1873. 



No. 37. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN BOSWORTH SMITH, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1794. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1816. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, on 
the 23d day of April, a.d. 1817, by The Right Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Michael's Church, Marble- 
head, Massachusetts, on the 24th day of June, a.d. 1818, 
by the same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was in S. Michael's Parish, 
Marblehead, where he remained about two years, when 
he removed to Virginia, and became the Rector of S. 
George's Church, Accomack County. About two 
years later, he became the Rector of Zion Church, 
Charlestown, with charge of Trinity Church, Shep- 
herdstown. In 1823 he removed to Vermont and 
became Rector of S. Stephen's Church, Middlebury. 
In 1828 he took charge of Grace Church Mission.] 
Philadelphia. In 1830 he removed to Kentucky, and 
became the Rector of Christ Church, Lexington, which 
position he held until 1837, when he gave up all Pas- 

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108 BENJAMIN BOS WORTH SMITH. 

toral work, and devoted himself to the duties of his 
Episcopate. 

He. received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva College, (now Hobart,) a.d. 1832, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Brown University, 
a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Bishop of Kentucky in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Hopkins, a.d. 1868, -he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon before The General Con- 
vention, a.d. 1850 : The Position of The Protestant 
Episcopal Church in these United States. 2. Eive 
Charges to his Clergy. 3. Saturday Evening, or 
Thoughts on the Progress of the Plan of Salvation, 
1876. 4. Apostolic Succession; Facts which prove 
that a Ministry appointed by Christ Himself involves 
this Position, 1877. 



No. 28. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES PETTIT McILYAINE, S.T.D., D.C.L., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Ohio, was born in Burlington, 
]STew Jersey, on the 18th day of January, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1816, and entered The Princeton Theological 
Seminary in the Autumn of the same year. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1820, by The Right Rev. 
William "White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Baltimore, on 
the 20th day of March, a.d. 1821, by The Right Rev. 
James Kemp, S.T.D. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, 
he removed to Georgetown, D. C, and took charge of 
Christ Church. Upon his Ordination to the Priest- 
hood, he became the Rector of the Parish, and re- 
mained in that position four years. 

In 1825 he removed to "West Point, and became 
Professor of Ethics in the United States Military 
Academy. 

In 1830 he removed to Brooklyn, Long Island, and 
became the Rector of S. Ann's Church. The following 

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HO CHARLES PETTIT MCILVAINE. 

year, (1831,) lie became Professor of The Evidences 
of Revealed Religion, and Sacred Antiquities, in The 
University of The City of New York. 

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, by 
The Right Rev. "William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. William Meade, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
and from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 
a.d. 1832 ; Doctor of Canon Law from The University 
of Oxford, England, a.d. 1853, and Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 
1867. 

Upon his removal to Ohio, he was elected President 
of Kenyon College, Gambier, which position he held 
until 1840. He was for some years President of the 
Theological Seminary of Ohio, in Gambier. 

Bishop Mcllvaine died in Florence, Italy, on the 13th 
day of March, a.d. 1873. He was buried in Spring 
Grove Cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Writings. — 1. The Evidences of Christianity, in 
their External Division ; a course of Lectures, 1831-2, 
12mo. 2. Oxford Divinity compared with that of the 
Roman and Anglican Churches, with a Special Yiew 
of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, 1841, 8vo. 3. 
The Sinner's Justification, 1851, 18mo. 4. The Holy 
Catholic Church, 1844, 18mo. 5. No Priest, No Al- 
tar, No Sacrifice but Christ, 12mo. 6. Yaledictory 
Offering — Five Sermons, 1853, 12mo. 7. A Word in 
Season, to Candidates for Confirmation. 8. The Doc- 



CHARLES PETTIT McJLVAINE. JH 

trines of The Protestant Episcopal Church, as to Con- 
firmation. 9. Chief Danger of The Church. 10. The 
Truth and The Life, 22 Discourses, 1855, 8vo. 11. A 
collection of Sermons compiled from English sources. 
12. Occasional Sermons, Addresses, Pastoral Letters, 
&c. 13. Varied and frequent contributions to Periodi- 
cals, &c. 

Note. — Bishop Mcllvaine, in a letter to The Rev. 
G-eorge Morgan Hills, D.D., Rector of S. Mary's 
Church, Burlington, New Jersey, which bears the date 
of April 1st, 1872, says : "I was Ordained Deacon in 
S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, July 4th, 1820." 

Bishop White, in his address to the Convention of 
the Diocese of Pennsylvania, in May, a.d. 1821, says : 
" On the 8th day of June (1820) I Ordained Samuel 
C. Brinckle and Charles P. Mcllvaine to the Holy 
Order of Deacons." 

Bishop Burgess, in his " List of Deacons Ordained 
from a.d. 1785, to a.d. 1857, says: " 481. Charles Pettit 
McBvaine, June 18th, (1820,) Bishop White." 

This great discrepancy led to a careful investigation. 
A paper called the " Episcopal Magazine," was pub- 
lished in Philadelphia at that time, and the record 
there given is this : "Ordinations. An Ordination was 
" held in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, on Wednes- 
" day, the 28th day of June, by The Right Rev. Bishop 
" White, when the Rev. Samuel C. Brinckle, Rector 
" of S. David's, Radnor, was admitted to the Holy 
" Order of Priests, and Charles Mcllvaine, of Bur- 
" lington, New Jersey, to the Holy Order of Deacons." 
Upon further examination, it was found that Mr. 
Brinckle had been Ordered Deacon by Bishop White 



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on the 6th of May, a. d. 1818. At last a daughter of 
Mr. Brinckle found her father's Letters of Orders, 
where the date of his Ordination to the Diaconate is 
given as May 6th, 1818, and to the Priesthood, June 
28th, 1820. 

This is without doubt the true elate. 



INTo. 29. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Tren- 
ton, lew Jersey, on the 27th day of May, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1818. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, New York, on 
the 19th day of April, a.d. 1821, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 6th day of August, a.d. 1823, by the same Prelate. 

He was an Assistant Minister in Trinity Church, 
New York, until 1825, when he removed to Hartford, 
Connecticut, where he became the Professor of Rhetoric 
andBelles-Lettres in Washington (now Trinity) College. 

In 1828 he removed to Boston and became an As- 
sistant Minister, and subsequently the Rector, of Trinity 
Church, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Paul's 
Chapel, New York, on the 31st day of November, a.d. 
1832, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Benj. Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. 

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114 GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE. 

Shortly after removing to New Jersey, he accepted 
the Rectorship of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, which 
position he held until his death. 

In 1837 he founded S. Mary's Hall, a Boarding and 
Day-school for girls ; and in 1846 he founded Burling- 
ton College, locating both Institutions at Burlington. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1831, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 
the same year. The Degree of Doctor of Laws was 
conferred upon him by S. John's College, Annapolis, 
Maryland, a.d. 1841. 

Bishop Doane died in Burlington, on the 27th day 
of April, a.d. 1859, and was buried in S. Mary's Church 
Yard. 

Writings. — Poems, Sermons, Addresses, Lectures, 
Essays, &c, an indefinite number. See his "Life and 
Memoir," written by his Son, The Right Rev. William 
Croswell Doane, S.T.D., Bishop of Albany, 4 vols. 8vo., 
1860. 



No. 30. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The first Bishop of Tennessee, was born in Liberty, 
Bedford County, Virginia, on the 27th day of January, 
a.d. 1800. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1820, and became a Tutor in his 
Alma-Mater the following Academical year. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Williams- 
boro', North Carolina, on the 16th day of October, 
a.d. 1825, by The Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Matthew's Church, Hillsboro', 
North Carolina, on the 17th day of June, a.d. 1827, by 
the same Prelate. 

He removed to Tennessee and settled at Franklin, 
where for a support he opened a school, and officiated 
at Franklin, Columbus, and Nashville. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1833. 

Consecrated Bishop of Tennessee in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 14th day of January, a.d. 1834, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustiek Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

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116 JAMES HERVEY OTEY. 

For several years he acted as Provisional Bishop 
for Mississippi and Florida, and as Missionary Bishop 
for Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Indian Territory. 

He founded a school for girls at Columbia, Maury 
County, Tennessee, which has proved a valuable addi- 
tion to the work of education in the Diocese. He was 
one of the original projectors of The University of the 
South, at Sewanee, in Tennessee. 

Bishop Otey died on the 23d day of April, a.d. 1863. 
In his early life he had selected a spot on one of the 
Peaks of Otter, where he wished to be buried. After 
the consecration of S. John's Church and Church Yard, 
at Ashwood, near Columbia, he deposited the remains 
of his wife and children there, and directed that he 
should be buried there also. At the time of his death 
the Civil War was raging, and his remains were de- 
posited in a Marble Cenotaph at Elmwood Cemetery, 
Memphis, until such time as his directions could be 
carried out. In his Will he directed these words to be 
inscribed upon his monument: " First Bishop of The 
Holy Catholic Church, in Tennessee. The Blood of 
Christ cleanseth us from all sin." 

Writings. — 1. Three Discourses. — The Unity of The 
Church; The Ministry; The Apostolical Succession, 
1852, 8vo. 2. Charges, Addresses to his Convention, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. 



No. 31. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JACKSON KEMPER, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Wisconsin, and the first Mis- 
sionary Bishop in The American Church, was born 
in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, on 
the 24th day of December, a.d. 1789. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1809, and studied Theology under the direction of Dr. 
Hobart and the Clergy of Trinity Church, New York. 
Upon the completion of his Theological course of 
study, Bishop Moore being disabled, and Dr. Hobart 
not yet consecrated, he proceeded to Philadelphia for 
Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 10th day of March, a.d. 1811, by The Right Rev. 
William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 23d 
day of January, a.d. 1814, by the same Prelate. 

In May, 1811, he became an Assistant Minister of 
the United Parishes of Christ Church, S. Peter's, and 
S. James', Philadelphia, which position he held for 
twenty years. 

In 1812 he made an extended missionary tour 
through the Western part of Pennsylvania, touching 

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118 JACKSON KEMPER. 

at different points on the borders of Ohio. In 1814 
he repeated the journey at the request of Bishop 
White, and made very full reports, which were of 
great value. In 1819-20 he made an extensive jour- 
ney for the purpose of raising money for the General 
Theological Seminary. 

He was the Secretary of the Diocese of Pennsyl- 
vania from 1811 until 1818. 

In 1831 he removed to Connecticut, and became the 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Norwalk, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated as Missionary Bishop for Missouri and 
Indiana in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, on the 
25th day of September, a.d. 1835, by The Right Rev. 
William White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Richard Channing Moore, D.D., The Right Rev. Phi- 
lander Chase, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry ITstick 
Onderdonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Tred- 
well Onderdonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. George 
Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

(This was the twenty-sixth and last Bishop conse- 
crated by Bishop White.) 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, JSTew York, a.d. 1829, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

After several years of labor in Missouri and Indiana, 
his jurisdiction was extended to the territory now em- 
braced by the States of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Min- 
nesota, and Wisconsin. He lived to see them all with 
Bishops of their own, and in nearly every case pre- 



JACKSON KEMPER. 119 

sided at the Convention in which each new Diocese 
was organized. 

In 1837-8 he made an extended tour through the 
Missionary jurisdiction of the South, visiting Arkansas, 
Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 
This region was at that time under the care of Bishop 
Otey, who, disabled by sickness, invited Bishop Kem- 
per to make the visitation in his place. 

In 1838 Bishop Kemper was elected Bishop of 
Maryland, but declined. 

In 1847 Wisconsin was organized into a Diocese, 
and at the Primary Council, Bishop Kemper was elected 
Diocesan, but declined. In 1859 he was again elected 
Bishop of Wisconsin, which election he accepted, and, 
at the meeting of the General Convention in that 
year, he resigned his position as Missionary Bishop, 
which he had held twenty-four years. 

Bishop Kemper died at his own home, in Delafield, 
Wisconsin, on the 24th day of May, a.d. 1870, and 
was buried in the Cemetery on the grounds belonging 
to The Theological Seminary of Nashotah. 

Writings. — A few pamphlets, occasional Sermons, 
Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 



IN"o. 33. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL ALLEN McCOSKRY, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Michigan, was born in Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, on the 9th day of November, a.d. 1804. 

In 1820 he entered as a Cadet in the United States 
Military Academy at West Point, where he remained 
two years. He resigned, and entered Dickinson Col- 
lege, Carlisle, where he graduated, a.d. 1825. 

He studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and prac- 
tised in Carlisle for six years. % For two years he was 
Deputy Attorney General for Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania. 

In 1831 he abandoned his Profession, and studied 
Theology, preparatory to taking Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Eeading, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 28th day of March, a.d. 1833, by The 
Right Rev. H. IT. Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 13th 
day of December, a.d. 1833, by the same Prelate. 

He remained at Reading but a little more than one 
year, when he removed to Philadelphia and became 
the Rector of S. Paul's Church, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Michigan in S. Paul's Church, 

120 






SAMUEL ALLEN McCOSKRY. 121 

Philadelphia, on the 7th day of July, a.d. 1836, by The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D. 

Note. — Bishop White had taken order for the Con- 
secration of Mr. McCoskry on the 5th of July, but on 
that day he was too ill to leave his house, and a post- 
ponement was necessary. He gave authority to Bishop 
Onderdonk to act in his place, and the Consecration 
took place on the 7th. Bishop White died on the 17th. 

On his removal to Michigan he settled in Detroit, 
and became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, which 
position he held for twenty-seven years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, and that of Doctor of 
Divinity from The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 
1837. The Degree of Doctor of Canon Law was 
conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, a.d. 
1852. 

Bishop McCoskry resigned his jurisdiction in March, 
1878, owing to failing health and infirmities of age, 
which hindered his efficient administration of the 
affairs of the Diocese. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses 
to his Convention, &c. 



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No. 33. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

LEONIDAS POLK, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, on the 10th day of April, a.d. 1806. 

He graduated at the United States Military Acad- 
emy, West Point, a.d. 1827. 

While at West Point, he was Baptized by The Rev. 
Charles P. Mcllvaine, and shortly after his graduation, 
he was Confirmed in Christ Church, Raleigh, by The 
Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, D.D. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, Virginia, on the 11th day of April, a.d. 1830, 
by The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

He was the Assistant Minister in The Monumental 
Church, (of which Bishop Moore was the Rector,) for 
a little more than a year, when his health failed, and 
acting under medical advice he resigned his position, 
and went to Europe. 

Shortly after his return he removed to Tennessee, 
where he became canonically resident in December, 
1833. He became the Rector of S. Peter's Church, 
Columbia, which position he held until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

In 1834 he was elected Deputy to the General Con- 
122 



LEONID AS POLK. 123 

vention from Tennessee, and in 1835 a member of the 
Standing Committee of the Diocese. 

There is no record of his Ordination to the Priest- 
hood, but it is supposed to have taken place in the 
Autumn of 1833. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory south of 36° 30', with Provisional 
Charge of Alabama, Mississippi, and the Republic of 
Texas, in Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 9th 
day of December, a.d, 1838, by The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Meade, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benja- 
min Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Charles 
Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. James 
Hervey Otey, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1838. 

In 1841 he was elected Bishop of Louisiana, which 
he accepted, and resigned his missionary jurisdiction. 

During the Civil War, he was appointed Major- 
General in the Confederate Forces. While on duty 
near Marietta, Georgia, he was wounded by a shot from 
a cannon, and died on the 14th day of June, a.d. 1864. 



No. 34. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L. 

The first Bishop of Western New York, was born in 
Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, on the 
8th day of October, a.d. 1797. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1817, and studied Theology under the 
immediate direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Chapel, New York, 
on the 28th day of December, a.d. 1819, by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 6th day of March, a.d. 1822, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately after his Ordination to the Priesthood 
he removed to Philadelphia, and became the Assistant 
to Bishop White, who, at that time, was the Rector of 
Christ, S. Peter's and S. James' Churches. 

The following year he was elected Assistant Min- 
ister at S. Peter's Church. 

He was Secretary of the Diocesan Convention of 
Pennsylvania from 1823 until 1830, and was also Sec- 
retary of the House of Bishops from 1823 until 1829. 

In 1828 he was chosen Provost of The University of 
Pennsylvania, which position he held for five years. 

124 



WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEV. 125 

In 1833 lie returned as Assistant Minister at S. 
Peter's Church, and upon the death of Bishop White 
(1836) he became the Rector. 

Consecrated Bishop of Western New York in S. 
Peter's Church, Auburn, New York, on the 9th day 
of May, a.d. 1839, by The Right Rev. Alexander Viets 
Griswold, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry 
Ustick Onderclonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benja- 
min Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D., anoTThe Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1828, that of Doctor of Laws from Union College, 
Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1847, and that of Doctor 
of Canon Law from The University of Oxford, Eng- 
land, a.d. 1852. 

After his Consecration he removed to Geneva, New 
York, the seat of Geneva (now Hobart) College, where 
he remained during the rest of his life. 

Bishop De Lancey died at Geneva, New York, on the 
5th day of April, a.d. 1865. 

Weitings.— -Occasional Sermons, Addresses to his 
Convention and some Charges. 



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:NTo. 35. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS GADSDEN, D.D. 

The third Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Charleston, South Carolina, on the 25th clay of No- 
vember, a.d. 1785. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1804. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 25th day of July, a.d. 1807, by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Moore, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Bruton Parish Church, Williams- 
burg, Virginia, on the 14th day of April, a.d. 1810, by 
The Right Rev. James Madison, D.D. 

He became the Rector of the Parish of S. John's, 
Berkeley, South Carolina, where he remained for two 
years, when he was chosen as the Assistant Minister of 
S. Philip's Church, Charleston. In 1814 he became the 
Rector of S. Philip's Church, which position he held 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
South Carolina College, a.d. 1815. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Trinity 
Church, Boston, Massachusetts, on the 21st day of June, 
a.d. 1840, by The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, 

126 






CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS GADSDEN. 127 

S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George Washing- 
ton Doane, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Allen 
McCoskry, S.T.D. 

Bishop Gadsden died in Charleston on the 24th day 
of June, a.d. 1852, and was buried in the Chancel of 
S. Philip's Church. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon on the death of Bishop 
Dehon, 1833. 2. An Essay on the life of Bishop De- 
hon, 1833. 3. A Tract, " The Prayer Book as it is." 
4. Three Charges to his Clergy. 



No. 36. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Maryland, was horn in the City 
of New York on the 2d day of December, a.d. 1805. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1825. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, N~ew York, on 
the 11th day of March, a.d. 1827, by The Right Eev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Orange, New 
Jersey, on the 17th day of December, a.d. 1829, by 
The Right Rev. John Croes, D.D. He was Instituted 
Rector of S. Mark's Church, on the following day, by 
the same Prelate. 

In 1881 he became Rector of S. Luke's Church, New 
York. In 1835 Professor of Ecclesiastical History in 
The General Theological Seminary, which position he 
held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1837. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in S. Paul's Church, 
Baltimore, on the 17th day of September, a.d. 1840, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., as- 
sisted by The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, 

128 



WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM. 129 

D.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, 
S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. George Washington Doane, 
S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Laws from S. 
John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1859, and 
from The University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

"Writings. — He was the Editor of The Family Vis- 
itor, Children's Magazine, and The Churchman. He 
also edited A Parish Library of Standard Works (13 
vols.), with Prefaces,- Notes, &c. ; An Edition of Pal- 
mer's Church History, 1862, 12mo. In 1829 he edited, 
in company with The Rev. J. E. Schroeder, D.D., and 
others, a series of Essays and Dissertations in Biblical 
Literature, 1 vol. 8vo. In company with The Rev. S. 
H. Turner, D.D., he edited an Introduction to The Old 
Testament, translated from the Latin and German 
works of John Jahn, Ph.D. 



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No. 37. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr., S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Georgia, was born in Beaufort, 
South Carolina, on the 31st day of August, a.d. 1806. 

He spent two years at Harvard College, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, and the remainder of his collegiate 
course at South Carolina College, where he graduated, 
a.d. 1825. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar, a.d. 
1827. After five years' practice, he abandoned the 
Profession, and began the study of Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 8th day of November, a.d. 1835, 
by The Eight Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Ordained Priest on the 22d day of June, a.d. 1838, 
by the same Prelate. 

He served for one month while in Deacon's Orders, 
in Christ Church, Wilton, South Carolina, when he was 
elected Professor of Sacred Literature, and the Evi- 
dences of Christianity, in South Carolina College, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Georgia in Christ Church, 
Savannah, on the 28th day of February, a.d. 1841, by 
The Eight Eev. William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Eev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. , LL.D., and 
The Eight Eev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

130 



STEPHEN ELLIOTT, JR. 131 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and from 
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 1840. 

Upon his removal to Georgia, he settled at Savannah, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church. In 1845 
he was made Provisional Bishop of Florida, and at the 
same time he removed to Montpelier, Georgia, and 
established a Seminary for young ladies. After seven 
years of this work, in which he expended his whole 
fortune, he returned to Savannah, and became the 
Rector of Christ Church, where he remained during 
his life. 

Bishop Elliott died in Savannah on the 21st day of 
December, a.d. 1866, and was buried in the Old 
Cemetery at Savannah. 



No. 38. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALFRED LEE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Delaware, was born in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on the 9th day of September, a.d. 1807. 

He graduated at Harvard College, a.d. 1827. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 
New London, Connecticut, where he practised for two 
years. He then entered the General Theological Semi- 
nary at New York, where he graduated a.d. 1837. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Norwich, Con- 
necticut, on the 21st day of May, a.d. 1837, by The 
Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 12th day of June, a.d. 1838, by the same 
Prelate. 

He officiated a few months during the summer of 
1838, in S. James' Church, Poquetonnack, Connecticut. 
In September, 1838, he became the Hector of Calvary 
Church, Rockdale, Pennsylvania, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Delaware in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 12th day of October, a.d. 1841, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. , 
assisted by The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, 

132 



ALFRED LEE. 133 

D.D., The Right Eev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. ; The 
Right Rev. "William Meade, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D. 

Upon his removal to Delaware, he settled at Wil- 
mington, and in October, 1842, he became the Rector 
of S. Andrew's Church, which position (1878) he still 
holds. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1841, and from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, in 
the same year. In 1860 he received the same Degree 
from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and 
in 1877 that of Doctor of Laws from Delaware College, 
Newark, Delaware. 

Writings. — Books : 1. Life of S. Peter. 2. Life of 
S. John. 3. Voice in the Wilderness. 

Charges. — 1. Right and Responsibility of Private 
Judgment. 2. The One Mediator. 3. Requisites of a 
Successful Ministry. 4. The Faithful and Wise Ser- 
vant. 5. Duties of the Minister. 

Sermons. — 1. A Life hid with Christ in God. 2. 
Ordination Sermon — 1 Tim. iv. 16. 3. Unsearchable 
Riches of Christ. 4. Uncertainty of the Morrow. 5. 
The Society of Divine Origin. 6. The Lamb the 
Light of His Church. 7. The Voice of the Spirit to 
His Church. 8. Sermon before the General Con- 
vention, a.d. 1868. 

Several Addresses, Sermons, Pastoral Letters, &c. 

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No. 39. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 



JOHN JOHNS, S.T.D. 



The fourth Bishop of Virginia, was born in New- 
Castle, Delaware, on the 10th day of July, a.d. 1796. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1815. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 6th day of May, a.d. 1819, by The Eight Rev. 
"William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in All Saints' Church, Frederick- 
Town, Maryland, on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1820, 
by The Right Rev. James Kemp, D.D. 

He remained in Frederick-Town, in the Rectorship 
of All Saints' Church, eight years, after which he re- 
moved to Baltimore and became the Rector of Christ 
Church, which position he held until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, and that of 
Doctor in Divinity from The University of New York, 
a.d. 1834, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Col- 
lege of William and Mary, a.d. 1855. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia in Monu- 
mental Church, Richmond, on the 13th day of October, 
134 



JOHN JOHNS. 135 

a.d. 1842, by The Eight Eev. Alexander Yiets Gris- 
wold, S.T.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. William 
Meade, D.D., The Eight Eev. Levi Silliman Ives, 
S.T.D., LL.D., and The Eight Eev. William Eollin- 
son Whittingham, S.T J). 

In 1844 he became the President of The College of 
"William and Mary, which position he held five years. 
He was also the President of The Theological Semi- 
nary of Virginia for some years. 

Upon the death of Bishop Meade in 1862, he became 
the Bishop of Virginia. 

Bishop Johns died on the 5th day of April, a.d. 
1876. 

Writings. — A few Sermons preached on special oc- 
casions, Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. He 
preached the sermon before the General Convention 
at Baltimore, a.d. 1871. 



No.40 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 



MANTON EASTBURN, S.T.D., LL.D. 



The third Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Leeds, 
England, on the 9th day of February, a.d. 1801. 

He came to the United States with his father, and 
in his thirteenth year entered Columbia College, New 
York, where he graduated, a.d. 1817. He also grad- 
uated at The General Theological Seminary, New 
York, a.d. 1821. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Chapel, New York, on 
the 16th day of May, a.d. 1822, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, New York, on 
the 13th day of November, a.d. 1825, by the same Pre- 
late. 

For five years he was the Assistant Minister at 
Christ Church, New York. In 1827 he became the 
Rector of The Church of The Ascension, in the same 
city, where he remained until his elevation to the Epis- 
copate. 

In 1838 he was elected to the Episcopate of Mary- 
land, which he declined. 

Consecrated Bishop- Coadjutor to Bishop Griswold 
in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 29th day of Decem- 

136 



MANTON EASTBURN. 137 

ber, a.d. 1842, by The Right Eev. Alexander Yiets 
Griswold, S.T.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Benjamin 
Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Griswold, he became the 
Bishop of Massachusetts. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1835, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — 1. Four Lectures on Hebrew, Latin and 
English Poetry, a.d. 1825. 2. A portion of a volume 
of Essays and Dissertations on Biblical Literature, 
1829. 3. Lectures on the Philippians, 1 vol. 8vo., 
1833. 4, Oration at the semi-centennial of Columbia 
College, 1837. 5. Sermons, Charges, and Addresses. 
6. Lectures before various Literary Societies. 7. 
Edited Thornton's Eamily Prayers. 8. Sermon on 
the death of Daniel Webster. 

Bishop Eastburn died in Boston on the 12th day of 
September, a.d. 1872, and was buried at Dedham, Mas- 
sachusetts. 



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No. 4-1. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN PRENTISS KEWLEY HENSHAW, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Rhode Island, was born in Middle- 
town, Connecticut, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1792. 

He graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, a.d. 
1808, after which he spent one year in study at Har- 
vard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1813, by 
The Eight Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, 
Long Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1816, by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 
• He served as a Deacon in S. Ann's Church, Brook- 
lyn, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood re- 
moved to Maryland, where he became the Rector of S. 
Peter's Church, Baltimore, which position he held for 
seventeen years. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Maryland to 
the General Convention from 1819 to 1843, inclusive, 
and for several years one of the Vice-Presidents of 
The Theological Seminary of Virginia. 

Consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island in S. John's 
Church, Providence, on the 11th day of August, a.d. 
138 



JOHN PRENTISS KEWLEY HENSHAW. 139 

1843, by The Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William Rollinson 
Whlttingham, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D. C 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Middlebury College, Vermont, a.d. 1843. 

Upon his removal to Rhode Island he became the 
Rector of Grace Church, which position he occupied 
during the rest of his life. 

Bishop Henshaw died near Frederick City, Mary- 
land, on the 20th day of July, a.d. 1852, and was 
buried in Grace Church Cemetery, Providence, Rhode 
Island. 

Whitings. — 1. A pamphlet on Confirmation. 2. 
Lectures on the Advent of Christ. 3. Theology for 
the People of Baltimore, 1840, 8vo. 

He also compiled a volume of Hymns. 



INTo. 42. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 



CARLTON CHASE, D.D. 



The first Bishop of New Hampshire, was "born in 
Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on the 20th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1794. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1817. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 9th day of December, a.d. 1818, 
by The Bight Bev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Briest in Trinity Church, Newport, Bhode 
Island, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1820, by 
the same Brelate. 

He settled at Bellows Falls, Vermont, and became 
the Bector of Immanuel Church, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Hampshire in Christ 
Church, Bhiladelphia, on the 20th day of October, 
a.d. 1844, by The Bight Bev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Bight Bev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
D.D., LL.D., The Bight Bev. Benjamin Tredwell 
Onderdonk, 8.T.D., The Bight Bev. Levi Silliman 
Ives, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Bight Bev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Vermont, a.d. 1839. 

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CARLTON CHASE. 141 

Immediately after his Consecration he removed to 
Claremont, lew Hampshire, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church, which position he held for several 
years. 

After the suspension of Bishop Onderdonk, and 
before the election of a Provisional Bishop, he acted, 
by invitation, as the Provisional Bishop of New York, 
making three visitations — 1. From Dec, 1849, to 
March, 1850. 2. From Dec. 1st, 1850, to May 1st, 
1851. 3. From Jan. 1st, 1852, till Sept. 20, 1852. 

Bishop Chase died on the 18th clay of January, a.d. 
1870, and was buried in a new Cemetery at Claremont, 
New Hampshire, which he had interested himself in 
locating and laying out. 

"Writings.— He published nothing but his .Conven- 
tion Addresses, some single Sermons, and a few news- 
paper Articles. He left in Mss. a volume of various 
articles, varying in length from a few lines to several 
pages; one small volume of Explanations of the 
Prayer Book; and some sixty or seventy Sermons, 
none of which have yet been published. All other 
Mss. he directed in his will should be destroyed. In 
Thompson's " Gazetteer of Vermont" there is an 
article of considerable length on the History of the 
Church in Vermont, which was written by him. 



No. 43. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

NICHOLAS HAMNER COBBS, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Alabama, was born in Bedford 
County, Virginia, on the 5th day of February, a.d. 
1796. 

His education was privately conducted, and he be- 
came a teacher, which occupation he coupled with his 
pastoral work for several years. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Staunton, Vir- 
ginia, on the 23d day of May, a.d. 1824, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1825, by the same 
Prelate. 

He was engaged in pastoral work in his native 
county fifteen years. In 1839 he removed to Peters- 
burg, Virginia, and became the Rector of S. Paul's 
Church. In 1843 he removed to Ohio, and became the 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Cincinnati, and in May, 
1844, he was elected to the Episcopate of Alabama. 

In 1828 he was elected a Deputy from the Diocese 
of Virginia to the General Convention, and was re- 
elected to every succeeding Convention during his 
residence in that Diocese. 
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NICHOLAS HAMNER CO BBS. 143 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1842. 

Consecrated Bishop of Alabama in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The Eight Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., assisted 
by The Eight Eev. William Meade, D.D., The Eight 
Eev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., and The Eight 
Eev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Cobbs died on the 11th day of January, a.d. 
1861, and was buried in the public Cemetery at Mont- 
gomery, Alabama. An appropriate monument was 
erected by the Diocese, and a Tablet placed in S. 
John's Church, Montgomery, of which he was Eector 
during several years of his Episcopate. 

A still further tribute to his memory is the Church 
Home for Orphans in Montgomery, which bears the 
title of " The Bishop Cobbs' Home for Orphans." 

Writings. — He published nothing but a few Ad- 
dresses and Sermons. One Sermon, " The Doubting 
Christian Encouraged," went through several editions. 



No. 44. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CICERO STEPHENS HAWKS. 

The first Bishop of Missouri, was born in Newbern, 
North Carolina, on the 26th day of May, a.d. 1812. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1830. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Thomas' Church, New York, 
on the 8th day of December, a.d. 1834, by The Right 
Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Deacon in Trinity Church, Ulster, Ulster 
County, New York, on the 24th day of July, a.d. 1836, 
by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in charge of Trinity Church, 
Ulster, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood he 
removed to Saugerties, and became the Rector of Trinity 
Church. In 1837 he became the Rector of Trinity 
Church, Buffalo, New York. In 1843 he removed to 
Missouri, and became the Rector of Christ Church, St. 
Louis, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Missouri in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D. , 

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CICERO STEPHENS HAWKS. 145 

The Eight Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D.D., The 
Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Hawks died in St. Louis on the 19th day of 
April, a.d. 1868, and was buried in Bellefontaine Ceme- 
tery, Woodland Hill, St. Louis. 



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ISTo. 45. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM JONES BOONE, D.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop to China, was born in 
Walterborough, South Carolina, on the 1st day of 
July, a.d. 1811. 

He graduated at The College of South Carolina, a.d. 
1829. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar, a.d. 
1833, but he abandoned the Profession, and proceeded 
to The Theological Seminary of Virginia, where he 
graduated ; but, before his Ordination, with a view of 
being the better qualified for his future work, he took 
up the study of Medicine and received the Degree of 
M.D. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 18th day of September, a.d. 
1836, by The Eight Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Michael's Church, Charleston, 
on the 3d day of March, a.d. 1837, by the same Prelate. 

He was appointed Missionary to China, and sailed 
from New York on the 8th day of July, a.d. 1837. 

In 1844 he was elected by both Houses of the Gen- 
eral Convention Missionary Bishop. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop to China in S. Peter's 

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WILLIAM JONES BOONE. 147 

Church, Philadelphia, on the 25th day of October, a.d. 
1844, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George Washing- 
ton Doane, S.T.D., The Right Rev. James Hervey 
Otey, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Prentiss Kew- 
ley Henshaw, D.D. 

He sailed again from Kew York on the 14th day of 
December, a.d. 1844, and for twenty years he minis- 
tered in that distant field. 

Bishop Boone died at Shanghai, in China, on the 17th 
day of July, a.d. 1864. x 

Writings. — His published writings were mainly 
connected with the discussions growing out of the 
translation of The Holy Scriptures into the Chinese 
Language. 



No. 46. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WASHINGTON FREEMAN, D.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and The Indian Ter- 
ritory south of 36J degrees, with supervision of The 
Church in Texas, was horn in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 
on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1789. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on the 8th day of October, a.d. 1826, by The 
Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Newbern, North 
Carolina, on the 20th day of May, a.d. 1827, by the 
same Prelate. 

For two years he was a Missionary under the direc- 
tion of the Bishop of North Carolina. 

In 1829 he became Rector of Christ Church, Raleigh, 
where he remained until 1840, when he removed to 
Columbia, Tennessee, where he officiated about one 
year, when he removed to Swedesborough, New 
Jersey. He remained there nearly six months, when 
he removed to New-Castle, Delaware, where he became 
the Rector of Immanuel Church. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and 
The Indian Territory in S. Peter's Church, Philadel- 
phia, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1844, by The 
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GEORGE WASHINGTON FREEMAN. 149 

Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. J. P. K. Henshaw, D.D., The Right Rev. Leoni- 
clas Polk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. W. R. Whittingham, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Johns, S.T.D. 

He received the degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of North Carolina, a.d. 1839. 

Bishop Freeman died at Little Rock, Arkansas, on 
the 29th day of April, a.d. 1858. 



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No. 47. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HORATIO SOUTHGATE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop in the Dominions and Dependencies 
of the Sultan of Turkey, was born in Portland, Maine, 
on the 5th day of July, a.d. 1812. 

He graduated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 
a.d. 1832, and entered the Theological Seminary of the 
Congregationalists at Andover, Massachusetts. During 
his study of Church History he was led to examine the 
claims of the Church, and, having accepted them, 
applied to Bishop Griswold for Holy Orders, and was 
Confirmed by him in S. Peter's Church, Salem, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1834. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
12th day of July, a.d. 1835, by The Eight Rev. Alex- 
ander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

He was shortly afterwards appointed by the Com- 
mittee of Foreign Missions to investigate the state of 
Mohammedanism in Turkey and Persia. He accord- 
ingly sailed from New York on the 24th day of April, 
a.d. 1836, and continued his investigation until the 
Autumn of 1838. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 3d day of October, a.d. 1839, by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 
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HORATIO SOUTHOATE. 151 

In May, a.d. 1840, he sailed from New York as Mis- 
sionary to Constantinople, nnder the appointment of 
the Committee of Foreign Missions. This position 
he held four years, during which time he made a tour 
through Mesopotamia. 

Consecrated Bishop for The Dominions and Depend- 
encies of The Sultan of Turkey in S. Peter's Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The .Eight Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. ¥m. Rollinson Whitting- 
ham, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D.D., 
The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, D.D. . 

In the summer of the next year (1845) he returned 
to Constantinople, where he remained until 1849, when 
he returned to the United States and offered his resig- 
nation, which was accepted by The House of Bishops, 
in October, a.d. 1850. 

In the spring of 1851 he went to Portland, Maine, 
where he organized S. Luke's Parish, which has since 
become the Cathedral Church of the Diocese. 

In 1852 he became the Rector of The Church of The 
Advent, Boston, where he remained a little more than 
six years. 

In the autumn of 1859 he became the Rector of Zion 
Church, New York, which position he resigned Sept. 
1, 1872. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1845, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1846. 

Writings. — 1. A Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, 



152 



HORATIO SOUTHGATE. 



and Mesopotamia, 2 vols. 12mo. 2. A Visit to the 
Syrian Church of Mesopotamia, 1 vol. 12mo., 1844. 
3. A treatise on the Antiquity, Doctrine, Ministry 
and Worship of the Anglican Church, 1 vol. 12mo., 
published in Greek, at Constantinople, a.d. 1849. 4. 
Practical Directions for the Observance of Lent, 32mo., 
1850. 5. The War in the East, 1 vol. 18mo., 1855. 6. 
Parochial Sermons, 1 vol. 12mo., 1860. 7. The Cross 
above the Crescent, 1 vol. 12mo., 1877. Also several 
occasional Sermons, Pamphlets, and Articles in various 
Reviews. 



No. 48. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALONZO POTTER, D.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Beek- 
man, (now Lagrange,) Dutchess County, New York, 
on the 6th day of July, a.d. 1800. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1818, and in the following year he became 
a Tutor in the same College. In 1821 he was made 
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

Ordered Deacon on the 1st day of May, a.d. 1822, 
by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Sharon, Con- 
necticut, on the 16th day of September, a.d. 1824, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., 
acting for the Bishop of New York. 

In 1826 he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Boston, which position he held for five years. In 1831 
he was elected Professor of Moral Philosophy in Union 
College, and returned to Schenectady, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1834, and from 
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a.d. 1843, 
and thai of Doctor of Laws from Union College, a.d. 
1846. 

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154 ALONZO POTTER. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pennsylvania in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 23d day of September, 
a.d. 1845, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry Hop- 
kins, DD., The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. fm. Rollinson Whittingham, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D. 

Bishop Potter died on ship-board, in the harbor of 
San Francisco, California, on the 4th day of July, a.d. 
1865. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila- 
delphia. 

"Writings. — 1. Political Economy. 2. Potter's Hand- 
Book for Readers. 3. The Principles of Science ap- 
plied to the Arts. 4. The School and the School-master. 
(In connection with Geo. B. Emerson.) 5. The Three 
Witnesses. — A volume of Lowell Lectures published 
after his death. — 6. Sermons, Addresses, Charges, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. He also edited " The Memorial 
Papers," and a volume of Sermons on " The Evidences 
of Christianity." 






No. 49. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE BURGESS, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Maine, was born in Providence, 
Rhode Island, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1809. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, a.d. 
1826. 

After a brief Tutorship in that University, he went 
abroad, and studied for two years in the Universities 
of Bonn, Gottingen, and Berlin. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Providence, on 
the 10th day of June, a.d. 1834, by The Eight Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut on the 2d day of November, a.d. 1834, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Immediately upon his ordination to the Priesthood 
he became the Rector of Christ Church, Hartford, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maine in Christ Church, 
Hartford, Connecticut, on the 31st day of October, 
a.d. 1847, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas Church 
Brownell, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, 

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156 



GEORGE BURGESS. 



S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Hen- 
shaw, D.D., and The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, and that of Doctor in 
Divinity from Union College, Schenectady, New York, 
a.d. 1847. 

Upon his removal to Maine, he settled at Gardiner, 
and became the Rector of Christ Church, which posi- 
tion he held during the rest of his life. 

Bishop Burgess died at sea, near Haiti, on the 23d 
day of April, a.d. 1866, and was buried at Gardiner, 
Maine. 

Writings. — 1. Several occasional Sermons. 2. Two 
Academic Poems. 3. The Book of Psalms in English 
Yerse. 4. Pages from the Ecclesiastical History of 
New England. 5. The last Enemy Conquering, and 
Conquered. 6. Sermons on the Christian Life. 



nsro. 50. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE UPFOLD, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Indiana, was born in Shemley 
Green, near Guilford, Surrey, England, on the 7th day 
of May, a.d. 1796. When he was eight years of age, 
his father brought him to the United States, and settled 
in Albany, New York. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1814, and at the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons in New York City he received his degree of 
M.D. in 1816. In 1817 he took up the study of The- 
ology, under the direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 21st day of October, a.d. 1818, by The Eight Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Lansingburg, 
New York, on the 13th day of July, a.d. 1820, by the 
same Prelate. 

He remained at Lansingburg about two years, when 
he removed to New York City and became the Rector 
of S. Luke's Church, which position he held eight 
years, when he became the Rector of S. Thomas" 
Church in the same city. In 1831 he removed t< 
Pennsylvania, and became the Rector^ of Trinity 

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GEORGE UPFOLD. 



Church, Pittsburg, which position he occupied until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Indiana in Christ Church, 
Indianapolis, on the 16th day of December, a.d. 1849, 
by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Cicero Stephen Hawks, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, lew York, a.d. 1831, and 
that of Doctor of Laws from The Western University 
of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1856. 

. Bishop Upfold died at Indianapolis on the 26th day 
of August, a.d. 1872, and was bulied in the public 
Cemetery. 

Writings* — 1. " The Last Hundred Years," a Lec- 
ture, 1845. 2. Manual of Devotions for Domestic and 
Private Use, 1863. 3. Sermons, Pastoral Letters, and 
Addresses to his Convention. 



No. 51. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MERCER GREEN, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Mississippi, was born in Wilming- 
ton, North Carolina, on the 2d day of May, a.d. 1798. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1818. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on the 29th day of April, a.d. 1821, by The 
Right. Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. James' Church, Wilmington, 
North Carolina, on the 20th day of April, a.d. 1823, by 
the same Prelate. 

He was Rector of S. John's Church, Williamsboro', 
North Carolina, four years. He then removed to Hills- 
boro', and became the Rector of S. Matthew's Church, 
where he remained until 1837, when he was made Pro- 
fessor of Belles-Lettres and Rhetoric in the Univer- 
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, which position he 
occupied until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1845. 

Consecrated Bishop of Mississippi in S. Andrew's 
Church, Jackson, Mississippi, on the 24th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1850, by The Right Rev. James Hervey 

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1(50 WILLIAM MERCER GREEN. 

Otey, S.TJX, assisted by The Eight Rev. Leonidas 
Polk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. George Washington Free- 
man, D.D. 

Writings. — A Memoir of Bishop Ravenscroffc, and a 
few single Sermons. 



No. 53. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN PAYNE, D.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop sent to Africa from the 
American Church, was born in Westmoreland County, 
Virginia, on the 9th day of January, a.d. 1815. 

He graduated at The College of William and Mary, 
"Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1833, and at The Theo- 
logical Seminary of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1836. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Alexandria, Vir- 
ginia, on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1836, by The Eight 
Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

He sailed at once for Africa, where he was engaged 
in Missionary work for nearly five years, when he re- 
turned for Ordination to the Priesthood, as well as for 
rest and recuperation of his health, which had been 
undermined by the influence of the climate. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia, on the 18th day of July, a.d. 1841, by 
The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Consecrated as Bishop of Cape Palmas, and parts 
adjacent in Western Africa, in Christ Church, Alex- 
andria, Virginia, on the 11th day of July, a.d. 1851, by 
The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 

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102 JOHN PAYNE. 

Alfred Lee, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D. 

In 1871 he returned to the United States in shat- 
tered health, and sent his resignation to the House of 
Bishops, which was accepted in October of that year. 

Bishop Payne died at his home " Cavalla," in West- 
moreland County, Virginia, on the 23d day of October, 
a.d. 1874. 



No. 53. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FRANCIS HUGER RUTLEDGE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Florida, was born in Charleston, 
South Carolina, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1820, and at The General Theological 
Seminary, a.d. 1823. 

Ordered Deacon in the Parish Church of Prince 
George, Winy aw, South Carolina, on the 4th day of 
May, a.d. 1823, by The Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Radcliffe, South 
Carolina, on the 20th day of November, a.d. 1825, by 
the same Prelate. 

He officiated in Christ Church Parish for nearly 
four years. In 1827 he became the Rector of Grace 
Church, Sullivan's Island, with charge of S. Thomas' 
and S. Dennis', where he remained until 1839, when 
he removed to Florida and became the Rector of 
Trinity Church, St. Augustine. 

In 1845 he removed to Tallahassee and became the 
Rector of S. John's Church, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 

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164 FRANCIS HUGER RUTLEDGE. 

ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 
1844. 

Consecrated Bishop of Florida in S. Paul's Church, 
Augusta, Georgia, on the 15th day of October, a.d. 
1851, by The Right Rev. Christopher Edwards Gads- 
den, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, 
Jr., S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Hamner 
Cobbs, D.D. 

Bishop Rutledge died on the 6th day of November, 
a.d. 1866, and was buried in Tallahassee, Florida. 

Note. — In an old Almanac for the year 1799, in- 
terleaved and used for a private Diary by The Rev. 
Thomas Frost, at that time Rector of S. Philip's Church, 
Charleston, there stands this item : — " Francis Huger, 
son of Hugh and Mary Golightly Rutledge, was bap- 
tized on June 12th, 1799." This Almanac is now 
(1878) among the archives of S. Philip's Church. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN WILLIAMS, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Connecticut, was born in Deer- 
field, Massachusetts, on the 30th day of August, a.d. 
1817. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1835, of which College he became Tutor, 
Professor, President, and Chancellor. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, (now Holy 
Trinity,) Middletown, Connecticut, on the 2d day of 
September, a.d. 1838, by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 26th day 
of September, a.d. 1841, by the same Prelate. 

He was the Assistant Minister in Christ Church, 
Middletown, for one year, when he removed to Schen- 
ectady, New York, and became the Rector of S. 
George's Church. 

In 1848 he became the President of Trinity College, 
which position he held until 1853. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, a.d. 1847, Doctor of 
Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 
1849, and from Columbia College, ISTew York, a.d. 
1852. 

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IQQ JOHN WILLIAMS. 

The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon 
him by Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 1870. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Connecticut in S. 
John's Church, Hartford, Connecticut, on the 29th day 
of October, a.d. 1851, by The Right. Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 
P. K Henshaw, D.D., The Right Rev. George Bur- 
gess, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. William Heathcote 
De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Williams became the Bishop of Connecticut 
upon the death of Bishop Brownell, a.d. 1865. 

He was the Founder of The Berkeley Divinity 
School at Middletown, and its first President. 

Writings. — A large number of Sermons and Ad- 
dresses, and one Charge. A Translation of Ancient 
Hymns, 1 vol. One volume of Notes on The Miracles. 

Messrs. Stanford and Swords, of New York, pub- 
lished, (a.d. 1849,) in two volumes, " A tale of and for 
England," entitled " Hawkstone," of which Bishop 
Williams wrote the Preface. He also edited an Edition 
of Bishop Browne's Work on the XXXIX. Articles, 
with copious Notes. 



No. 55. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY JOHN WHITEHOUSE, LL.D., D.D. Oxon., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Illinois, was born in the City 
of New York on the 19th day of August, a.d. 1803. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1821, and at The General Theological Seminary, New 
York, a.d. 1824. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, New York, on 
the 10th day of October, a.d. 1824, by The Eight Rev. 
John Croes, S.T.D., acting for the Bishop of New 
York. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 26th day of August, a.d. 1827, by The Bight Rev. 
William White, D.D. 

In 1827 he became the Rector of Christ Church, 
Reading, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to 
Rochester, New York, and became the Rector of S. 
Luke's Church, where he remained for fifteen years. 
In 1844 he removed to the City of New York, and be- 
came the Rector of S. Thomas' Church, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Illinois in S. 
George's Church, New York, on the 20th day of 
November, a,d. 1851, by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The 

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168 HENRY JOHN WHITEHOUSE. 

Right Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Eight Rev. Man- 
ton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Cicero Stephens 
Hawks, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Alonzo Potter. S.T.D., 
The Eight Eev. George Burgess, S.T.D., and The 
Eight Eev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of The Eight Eev. Philander Chase, 
S.T.D., LL.D., he became the Bishop of Illinois. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1834, 
Doctor of Laws from Columbia College, New York, 
a.d. 1865, Doctor in Divinity from The University 
of Oxford, England, a.d., 1867, and Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 
1868. 

Bishop Whitehouse died on the 10th day of August, 
a.d. 1874, and was buried in the family vault, Green- 
wood Cemetery, Long Island. 

Writings. — -1. Occasional Sermons, Addresses, Ora- 
tions and Essays. 2. Convention Addresses from 1852 
to 1873, inclusive. In all, 960 pages. 3. Pastoral 
Letters. 4. The Sermon before The Pan-Anglican 
Council in the Chapel of Lambeth Palace, a.d. 1867. 
5. Sermon at the Consecration of Bishop Pierce. 

The amount of Mss. writings he left is enormous. 
Hundreds of Sermons, many volumes of Notes, Lec- 
tures, &c. ; several large books filled with annals of 
his various travels in Europe. He was familiar with 
Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and to some 
extent, with German. 

He studied Law and Medicine in the books, though 
not in the schools. 



IN~o. 56. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWMGHT, D.D., D.C.L. 

Provisional Bishop of New York, was born in Liver- 
pool, England, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1792. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1812. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
13th day of April, a.d. 1817, by The Right Bev. Alex- 
ander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 29th day of May, a.d. 1818, by The 
Bight Bev. John Henry Hob art, D.D. 

His first pastoral work was- at Christ Church, Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. In November, 1819, he removed 
to New York, and became an Assistant Minister in 
Trinity Church. In 1821 he became the Bector of 
Grace Church, New York, where he remained until 
1834, when he became the Bector of Trinity Church, 
Boston. Two years afterwards he returned to New 
York, and became again an Assistant Minister in 
Trinity Parish, with charge of S. Paul's Chapel, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1823, 
and from Harvard College, a.d. 1835. 

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170 JONATHAN MAY HEW WAIN WRIGHT. 

The Degree of Doctor of Canon Law was conferred 
upon him by The University of Oxford, England, a.d. 
1852. 

Consecrated Provisional Bishop of New York in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 10th day of No- 
vember, a.d. 1852, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church 
Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D., The Right Rev. George 
Upfold, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Williams, 
8.T.D., together with The Right Rev. Francis Fulford, 
D.D., Bishop of Montreal, and Metropolitan. 

Bishop Wainwright died in New York on the 21st 
day of September, a.d. 1854, and was buried in Trinity 
Cemetery. 

Writings. — 1. Four Sermons on Religious Educa- 
tion and Filial Duty, 12mo., 1829. 2. Lessons on the 
Church. 3. Order of Family Prayer, 12mo., 1845. 
4. Short Family Prayers, 12mo., 1850. 5. The Path- 
ways and Abiding Places of our Lord, 4to., 1851. 6. 
The Land of Bondage ; its Ancient Monuments and 
Present Condition, 4to., 1852. 

Bishop Wainwright edited a " Book of Chants" 
adapted to the Morning and Evening Service of The 
Church, a.d. 1819, and " Music of the Church," 1828. 
In 1851, with Dr. W. A. Muhlenburg, he edited " The 
Choir, and Family Psalter." He also edited Bishop 
Ravenscroft's Memoir and Sermons, and the Life of 
Bishop Heber. He published a number of occasional 



JONATHAN MAYHEW WAIN WRIGHT. 171 

Sermons, Articles in Reviews and some Controversial 
Papers. After his death, a volume of Sermons — thirty- 
four in number — was published, in memoriam, by his 
widow. 

The Church of S. John the Evangelist, in New 
York City, was consecrated a.d. 1858 as " The ¥am- 
wright Memorial.' 7 



No. 57. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIS, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of South Carolina, was born near 
Wilmington, North Carolina, on the 8th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1804. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1822. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Wilmington, 
North Carolina, on the 27th day of November, a.d. 
1831, by The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of S. Bartholomew, 
Pittsboro', Chatham County, North Carolina, on the 
16th day of December, a.d. 1832, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he officiated in S. Bartholo- 
mew's Church, Pittsboro', and Calvary Church, Wades- 
boro'. Subsequently he became the Rector of S. 
James' Church, Wilmington, from whence he removed 
to Salisbury, and became the Rector of S. Luke's 
Church. In November, 1846, he removed to South 
Carolina, and became the Rector of Grace Church, 
Camden. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1853, 
and that of Doctor in Divinity from The University of 
North Carolina, a.d. 1853. 

172 



THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIS. 173 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, on the 17th day of October, a.d. 
1853, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry 
Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Charles Pettit 
Mcllvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. George 
Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., together with The 
Right Rev. Aubrey George Spencer, D.D., Bishop of 
Jamaica, West Indies, and The Right Rev. John 
Medley, D.D., the Bishop of Fredericton, Nova Scotia. 

Bishop Davis died on the 2d day of December, a.d. 
1871, and was buried in the Cemetery at Camden, 
South Carolina. 



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No. 58. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS ATKINSON, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of North Carolina, was born in Din- 
widclie County, Virginia, on the 6th day of August, 
a.d. 1807. 

He entered Yale College, but in his Junior year was 
transferred to Hampden Sidney College, Prince Ed- 
ward County, Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1825. 

He studied Law, and practised in that Profession for 
nine years, when he abandoned it and entered upon a 
course of Theology. 

•Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Norfolk, Virginia, 
on the 18th clay of November, a.d. 1836, by The Eight 
Eev. William Meade, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Norfolk, on the 
7th day of May, a.d. 1837, by The Eight Eev. Richard 
Channing Moore, D.D. 

While in Deacon's Orders he served for a short time 
as Assistant Minister in Christ Church, Norfolk. Dur- 
ing that time he was elected to the Eectorship of S. 
Paul's Church, Norfolk, and upon receiving Priest's 
Orders, he assumed the full duty. Two years later he 
removed to Lynchburg, and became the Eector of S. 
Paul's Church, where he remained nearly five years. 
174 



THOMAS ATKINSON. 175 

In the autumn of 1843 he removed to Maryland, and 
became the Rector of S. Peter's Church, Baltimore. 
In 1852 he became the Eector of Grace Church in the 
same city, where he remained but little more than one 
year, having been elected to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1846, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Uni- 
versity of North Carolina, a.d. 1862. The Degree of 
Doctor of Laws was also conferred upon him by The 
University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, on the 17th day of October, a.d. 
1853, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles 
Pettit McHvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., together with 
The Right Rev. George Trevor Spencer, D.D., (some 
time Bishop of Madras,) and The Right Rev. John 
Medley, D.D., Bishop of Fredericton. 

"Writings. — A number of Sermons preached on 
special occasions. Two Lectures ; Two Charges ; A 
Charge on Sacramental Confession ; A Pamphlet in 
reply to a criticism of this last Charge by The Roman 
Catholic Bishop of Richmond, Virginia. 



No. 59. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of California, was born in the City of 
New York on the 3d day of October, a.d. 1811. 

He entered Rutgers College, New-Brunswick, New 
Jersey, but was transferred to Yale College, New Haven, 
Connecticut, where he graduated, a.d. 1831. 

He began the study of Law, which he shortly aban- 
doned, and entered The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia in October, 1832. In July, 1833, he was trans- 
ferred to The General Theological Seminary at New 
York, where he graduated, a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Brooklyn, 
Long Island, on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1835, 
by The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, 
8.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Peter's Church, Morristown, 
New Jersey, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1835, 
by The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

He was Rector of S. Peter's Church, Morristown, 
New Jersey, 1835-6, Assistant Minister of Grace 
Church, New York, 1836-7, and Rector of S. Paul's 
Church, Albany, New York, from 1837 until his ele- 
vation to the Episcopate, a.d. 1853. 

176 



WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP. 177 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1847, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Yale College, New 
Haven, Connecticut, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of California in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 28th day of Octo- 
ber, a.d. 1853, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William Jones 
Boone, D.D., The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. George Washington Freeman, D.D., The 
Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
George Upfold, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry John 
Whitehouse, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Jonathan 
Mayhew Wainwright, D.D. 

He was elected Bishop of California by the Conven- 
tion of the Diocese, April, 1857. 

Whitings. — 1. Lenten Fast 2. Christmas Holidays 
in Rome. 3. Early Jesuit Missions in North America. 
4. Catacombs of Rome. 5. Double Witness of the 
Church. 6. Early Conflicts of Christianity. 7. New 
York in the Olden Time. 8. Unnoticed Things of 
Scripture. 9. Historical Scenes in the Old Jesuit 
Missions. 10. The Church of The Apostles. 

Charges. — 1. Lay Co-operation. 2. Characteristics 
of the Age. 



ISTo. 60. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS FIELDING SCOTT, S.T.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of Oregon and Washington 
Territories. 

He was a Minister among the Presbyterians nearly 
eighteen years. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Augusta, 
Georgia, on the 12th day of March, a.d. 1843, by 
The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Macon, Georgia, 
on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1844, by the same 
Prelate. 

He became the Rector of S. James' Church, Mari- 
etta, Georgia, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of the Territories of 
Oregon and Washington in Christ Church, Savannah, 
Georgia, on the 8th day of January, a.d. 1854, by The 
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Samuel Hamner Cobbs, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D. 

Bishop Scott died in the City of New York on the 
14th day of July, a.d. 1867. 

(The Editor regrets his inability to complete the 
sketch of Bishop Scott.) 

178 



No. 61. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY WASHINGTON LEE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of. Iowa, was born in Hamden, New 
Haven County, Connecticut, on the 29th day of July, 
a.d. 1815. 

He passed through the course of study preparatory 
for College at The Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, 
in Cheshire, after which he removed to Massachusetts, 
and opened a private school at Taunton, pursuing his 
studies and teaching, until ready for Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, on the 27th day of May, a.d. 1838, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Anne's Church, Lowell, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 9th day of October, a.d. 1839, by the 
same Prelate. 

He spent a portion of his Diaconate in Grace Church, 
New Bedford. In October, 1839, he removed to Spring- 
field, Massachusetts, where he was Instituted Rector 
of Christ Church on the 2d day of April, a.d. 1840. 

In 1843 he removed to the Diocese of Western New 
York, and became the Rector of S. Luke's Church, 
Rochester, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

179 



180 HENRY WASHINGTON LEE. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, a.d. 1850, that of Doctor 
in Divinity from The University of Rochester, a.d. 
1852, and that of Doctor of Laws from The University 
of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Iowa in S. Luke's Church, 
Rochester, on the 18th day of October, a.d. 1854, by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 
D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., 
D.C.L., The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, S.T.D. 

Bishop Lee died in Davenport, Iowa, on the 26th 
day of September, a.d. 1874, and was buried in the 
public Cemetery. 



No. 63. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HORATIO POTTER, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L. 

The fifth Bishop of New York, was born in Beeknian, 
(now Lagrange,) Dutchess County, New York, on the 
9th day of February, a.d. 1802. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1826. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, 
New York, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1827, by The 
Eight Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1828, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate he re- 
moved to Maine, and took charge of Trinity Church, 
Saco. The following year he was elected Professor of 
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Washington 
(now Trinity) College, Hartford, Connecticut. In May, 
1833, he removed to New York and became the Rector 
of S. Peter's Church, Albany, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Provisional Bishop of New York in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 22d day of No- 
vember, a.d. 1854, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church. 

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182 HORATIO POTTER. 

Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Eight Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
"William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Alonzo 
Potter, D.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Francis Fnlford, D.D., the Bishop of Mon- 
treal, Canada. 

Upon the death of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, a.d. 
1861, he became the Bishop of New York. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1838, that of Doctor of Laws from Hobart College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1856, and that of Doctor of 
Canon Law from The University of Oxford, a.d. 1860. 

Writings. — 1. Introductory Sermon after his Insti- 
tution as Rector of S. Peter's Church, Albany, 1833. 
2. Discourse, Intellectual Liberty, 1837. 3. Lecture 
before The Young Men's Association, Troy, 1837. 4. 
Sermon on the death of W. H. Harrison, 1841. 5. 
Sermon on The Religious Tendencies of the Age, and 
the Consequent Duty of the Christian Minister, 1844. 
6. Rules for Fasting, 1846. 7. Discourse, Submission 
to the Government the Christian's Duty, 1848. 8. Sta- 
bility of the Church as seen in her History and Prin- 
ciples, 1843. 9. Sermon on the death of Hon. A. 
Spencer, 1849. 10. Sermon on the death of Presi- 
dent Taylor, 1850. 11. Duties of Justice, 1852. 12. 
Charges, Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 



No. 63. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS MARCH CLARK, S.T D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Rhode Island, was born in New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, on the 4th day of July, a.d. 
1812. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1831. 

After leaving College, he entered The Theological 
Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, and in the spring 
of 1835 was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of 
Newburyport, Massachusetts. He removed to Boston, 
and for a few months was in charge of " The Old South 
Church," when he determined to abandon his connec- 
tion with the Presbyterians and apply for Holy Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 3d day of February, a.d. 1836, by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, on the 
6th day of November, a.d. 1836, by the same Prelate. 

He officiated in Grace Church, Boston, during his 
Diaconate, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood, 
became the Rector. 

In 1843 he removed to Philadelphia and became the 
Rector of S. Andrew's Church, where he remained a 
few years, when he returned to Boston, and became 

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184 THOMAS MARCH CLARK. 

the Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, upon the 
" Green Foundation." Subsequently he removed to 
Hartford, Connecticut, and became the Rector of 
Christ Church, where he remained until his elevation 
to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1851, and 
that of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Brown Uni- 
versity, a.d. 1860. The Degree of Doctor of Laws 
was conferred upon him by The University of Cam- 
bridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island in Grace 
Church, Providence, on the 16th day of December, 
a.d. 1854, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brown- 
ell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John 
Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. George 
"Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Southgate, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Burgess, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D.^The 
Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Writings. — He has published a large number of Ser- 
mons, Addresses, &c, of which no collection has been 
made. Books : 1. Primary Truths of Religion. 2. 
Formation of Character, a series of Lectures to Young 
Men. 3. The Efficient Sunday-School Teacher. 

Four Charges to his Clergy. 



No. 64. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL BOWMAN, S.T.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Wilkes- 
barre, Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of May, a.d. 1800. 

Educated privately, and studied Theology under the 
direction of Bishop White. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 25th day of August, a.d. 1823, by The Right Rev. 
"William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. James' Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 19th day of December, a.d. 1824, by the same 
Prelate. 

In September, 1823, he took charge of two Parishes 
in Lancaster County, where he remained until 1825, 
when he removed to Easton, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church. In 1827 he returned to Lancaster 
County, and became the Assistant of The Rev. Joseph 
Clarkson, the Rector of S. James' Church, Lancaster. 
Upon the death of The Rev. Mr. Clarkson, a.d. 1830, 
he became the Rector of the Parish, which position he 
held until his death. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1843. 

In 1847 he was elected Bishop of Indiana, but de- 
clined: 

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186 SAMUEL BOWMAN. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, on the 25th day of 
August, a.d. 1858, hy The Eight Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.TJX, assisted hy The Right Rev. William Heathcote 
De Lancey, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Alfred 
Lee, S.TJX, The Right Rev. John Williams, S.TJX, 
and The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.TJX 

Bishop Bowman died on the 3d day of August, a.d. 
1861. He was in the western portion of the Diocese 
on his way to meet an appointment at Butler, in But- 
ler County. The destruction of a bridge by a land- 
slide, compelled the passengers of the train in which 
the Bishop was journeying to make a walk of four 
miles. The Bishop lingered behind, and when the 
party had reached the end of the journey he was no- 
where to be found. A workman returning with a 
hand-car to the broken bridge, found him lying on his. 
face by the roadside, quite dead. 

The body was tenderly cared for, at once returned to 
Pittsburg, and thence removed to Lancaster, where it 
was buried in the Church Yard. 



No. 65. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER GREGG, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Texas, was born in. Society Hill, 
Darlington District, South Carolina, on the 8th day of 
October, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at South Carolina College, a.d. 1838, 
and entered at Once upon the study of Law. He was 
admitted to the Bar, and practised at Cheraw, in the 
North-Eastern Circuit, embracing the Districts of Ches- 
terfield, Marlborough, Darlington and Marion, in South 
Carolina. 

He was Baptized and Confirmed in S. David's 
Church, Cheraw, South Carolina, a.d. 1843, and im- 
mediately thereafter became a Candidate for Holy 
Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in S. David's Church, Cheraw, on 
the 10th day of June, a.d. 1846, by The Eight Rev. 
Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Philip's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 19th day of December, a.d. 
1847, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate 
he took charge of S. David's Church, Cheraw, of 
which he became the Rector, and he remained in that 
position until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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188 ALEXANDER GREGG. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
South Carolina College, a.d. 1859. 

Consecrated Bishop of Texas in The Monumental 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 18&9, by The Eight Kev. John Henry 
Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. 
James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Leonidas 
Polk, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., 
S.T.D., The Eight Eev. William Mercer Green, D.D., 
The Eight Eev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D., and 
The Eight Eev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D. 

In the year 1874, at a meeting of the General Con- 
vention held in S. John's Chapel, New York, consent 
was given to the division of the Diocese of Texas, 
setting oif two Missionary Jurisdictions, and leaving 
all that portion of the State of Texas lying south of 
the northern line of the Counties of Lampasas, Cory- 
ell, McLennan, Limestone, Freestone, Anderson, 
Smith, Gregg and Marion, and east of the western 
line of the Counties of Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, 
Fayette, Bastrop, Travis, Burnett and Lampasas, in 
and under the name of the Diocese of Texas. Bishop 
Gregg removed to Galveston, and remained in charge 
of this District, retaining his old title of Bishop of 
Texas. 

Writings. — 1. Convocation Essay, Relations of 
Master and Slave ; Eegulations respecting the same, 
and Duties growing out of these Eelations in the 
Primitive Church. South Carolina, 1852. 2. Sermon 
before the Convention of South Carolina, a.d. 1856, 
on " Scarcity of Clergymen, Causes and Eemedy." 



ALEXANDER GREGG. 189 

3. An Account of the First Meeting of the Trustees of 
The University of The South ; the Nature and Pros- 
pects of that Great Work, &c, 1857. 4. A Sermon 
preached in S. David's Church, Austin, Texas, on the 
" Perils and Duties of a Time of War," 1861. ■ 5. 
Sermon — " Proper Improvement of Victory in War." 
6. Sermon—" The Sin of Extortion," 1863. 7. Eulogy 
on Judge Hemphill and Colonel McLeod, delivered 
in the Hall of Representatives, Austin, 1862. 8. Tri- 
ennial Charge on the Relations of Church and State, 
and the Responsibilities and Duties growing out of 
the same, 1862. 9. Second Triennial Charge — Rela- 
tions of The Church to The Church of Rome, &c. 
10. " History of Old Cheraw," embracing an account 
of Indian tribes in the Valley of the Pee Dee, South 
Carolina ; the first white settlements ; organization of 
S. David's Parish; Revolutionary history of that re- 
gion, &c. 1 vol. 8vo., 1867, 



No. 66. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER, D.D., D.C.L. 

The third Bishop of New Jersey, was born in the City 
of Philadelphia on the 11th day of August, a.d. 1817. 

He graduated at The University of Pennsylvania, 
a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 2d day of September, a.d. 1838, by The Right 
Rev. Henry TTstick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 3d day of October, a.d. 1841, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was the Rector of S. Peter's Church, Phila- 
delphia, from the time of his Ordination until his ele- 
vation to the Episcopate. He received the Degree of 
Doctor in Divinity from The University of Pennsyl- 
vania, a.d. 1856. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Paul's 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. William Meade, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen 
McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. William 
Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D. , The Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D,, The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, 

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WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER. 191 

D.D., The Eight Eev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, S.T.D., 
The Eight Eev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D., and The 
Eight Eev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Canon Law 
from The University of Oxford, a.d. 1867. 

In 1874 the Diocese of New Jersey was divided, 
and a new Diocese created under the title of The 
Diocese of Northern New Jersey. Bishop Oden- 
heimer elected to take charge of the New Diocese, 
and so became (a.d. 1874) The Bishop of Northern 
New Jersey. 

Writings. — 1. Origin and Compilation of the Prayer 
Book. 2. The True Catholic no Romanist. 3. Thoughts 
on Immersion. 4. The Young Churchman Catechised. 
Parts I. and II. 5. The Devout Churchman's Com- 
panion. 6. The Private Prayer Book. 7. Bishop 
White's Opinions. 8. Eingelbergius on Study. 
(Edited.) 9. The Clergyman's Assistant. 10. Three 
Charges — 1. The Sacred Scriptures, the Inspired Ee- 
cord of the Glory of The Holy Trinity. 2. The 
Church's Power in her Controversy with Antichrist. 
3. Canon Law. 



1S"o. 67. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL, D.D. 

The third Bishop of Ohio, was born in Hudson, New 
York, on the 27th day of August, a.d. 1817. 

He graduated at Bristol College, Bristol, Pennsyl- 
vania, a.d. 1836. He became a Candidate for Holy 
Orders in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and spent one 
year in Philadelphia, as a tutor in a private family, 
and at the same time attended a course of Medical 
Lectures. 

In 1837 he entered The Theological Seminary of 
Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Phila- 
delphia, on the 19th day of July, a.d. 1840, by his 
great-uncle, The Bight Bev. Bichard Channing Moore, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Holy Trinity, 
West Chester, Pennsylvania, on the 29th day of August, 
a.d. 1841, by the same Prelate. 

While in Deacon's Orders he took charge of The 
Church of The Holy Trinity, West Chester, and upon 
his Ordination to the Priesthood he became the Bector 
of the Parish. In 1843 he removed to the City of New 
York, and became the Bector of The Church of The 

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GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL. 193 

Ascension, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Norwich University, Vermont, a.d. 1856. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Ohio in S. Paul's 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. "William Meade, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit McH- 
vaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Upfold, D.D., The 
Right Rev. Francis Huger Rutledge, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. John Payne, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Mcllvaine, March 13th, 
a.d. 1873, he became the Bishop of Ohio. In the year 
* 1875 the Diocese was divided and a new See created, 
lying south of the southern line of the Counties of 
Mercer, Shelby, Logan, Union, Marion, Morrow, 
Knox, Coshocton, Tuscarawas, Harrison and Jefferson, 
under the title of The Diocese of Southern Ohio. 
The northern Diocese retained the old title, and 
Bishop Bedell, by virtue of the power vested in him 
under the Canon, elected to take charge of the old 
Diocese, and remain as Bishop of Ohio. 

Writings. — Sermons : 1. The Divinity of Christ, 
1848. 2. Individual Responsibility for Missions to 
the Heathen, 1848. 3. The Present Profit of Godli- 
ness, 1852. 4. The Sacredness of the Grave, 1854. 
5. The Adaptation of Christianity to Man, 1854. 6. 
Funeral Sermon on the death of The Rev. David 
Moore, D.D., 1856. 7. Fellow Workers. Two Ser- 
mons—" The Elements of Parochial Strength," " The 

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194 GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL. 

Basis of Parochial Strength, 1859. 8. The Trustee- 
ship of The Gospel, 1864. 9. The Victories of The 
Reformation, &c., 1869. 10. The Age of Indifference, 
1871. 11. Episcopacy, Fact and Law, 1872. 12. Me- 
morial Sermon of Bishop Auer, 1874. 13. "Woman's 
Work and Foreign Missions, Sermon preached under 
the auspices of " The Woman's Auxiliary," 1877. 14. 
The Church, a Teacher, Sermon at the opening of the 
Church Congress, 1877. 

Miscellaneous. — 1. A Pastor's Christmas Greeting, 
•1848. 2. Pay thy Vows, a Confirmation Address, hy 
The Rev. Dr. Bedell, of Philadelphia, edited by his 
son, 1850. 3. Renunciation, an Essay on Worldly 
Amusements, hy Dr. Bedell, edited, with Introduction, 
hy his son, 1850. 4. Address before The Young Men's 
Christian Association, Cincinnati, 1871. 5. A Votive 
Pillar, Address on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of 
the founding of The Church of The Ascension, New 
York, and the Tenth Anniversary of his Rectorship, 
1853. 6. Memorial of The Bight Rev. Charles Pettit 
McBvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Address before the 
Convention of Ohio, 1873. 7. Ritual Uniformity, a 
Pastoral Letter, 1874. 8. Primary Charge— " The 
Personal Presence of The Holy Spirit," 1874. 9. 
Notes on the Oriental Churches, 1875. 10. Coptic 
Liturgy of The Holy Communion, by Deacon Hanna, 
of Cairo, Egypt, edited, 1875. 11. Therapeutical In- 
fluence of High Character in a Physician, an Address, 
&c, 1876. 12. Funeral Address on the death of Rev. 
A. H. Washburn, D.D., 1877. 13. Pastoral Theology, 
a text-book, 1878. 



IINTo. 68. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Minnesota, was born in Adams, 
Jefferson County, New York, on the 15th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1822. 

He was engaged in mercantile pursuits for 'some 
years, and largely interested, as well as influential in 
political matters. His conversion to the Church 
opened a new era in his life. He abandoned business 
and politics, became a Candidate for Holy Orders, and 
studied Theology under the direction of Bishop De 
Lancey. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 
17th day of August, a.d. 1849, by The Eight Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Sackett's Harbor, 
on the 16th day of July, a.d. 1850, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He became the Rector of Zion Church, Rome, New 
York, which position he held for several years. In 
the spring of 1857 he removed to Illinois, where he 
became the Rector of The Church of The Holy Com- 
munion, Chicago, which position he occupied until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

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196 HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE. 

Consecrated Bishop of Minnesota in S. James' 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kem- 
per, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William 
Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. 
Nicholas Hamner Cobbs,D.D., The Right Rev. George 
Burgess, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry John 
Whitehouse, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Thomas Freder- 
ick Scott, D.D., The Right Rev. Henry Washington 
Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Bowman, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon before The Convention 
of the Diocese of Illinois. 2. Addresses to his Con- 
vention. 3. Letters and papers on the Indian Problem, 
continued for several years. 4. Sermon at the Conse- 
cration of the first Bishop of Nebraska. 5. Sermon 
at the Consecration of the third Bishop of Wisconsin. 



No. 69. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY CHAMPLIN LAY, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Easton, was born in Richmond, 
Virginia, on the 6th day of December, a.d. 1823. 

He graduated at The University of Virginia, Char- 
lottesville, a.d. 1842, and at The Theological Seminary 
of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1846. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Alexandria, on 
the 10th day of July, a.d. 1846, by The Right Rev. 
William Meade, D.D. 

He served as Deacon for six months, in Lynnhaven 
Parish, Virginia. 

In 1847 he removed to Huntsville, Alabama, and 
took charge of The Church of The Nativity. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Nativity, 
Huntsville, on the 12th day of July, a.d. 1848, by The 
Right Rev. Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, D.D. 

He became the Rector of The Church of The Na- 
tivity, and remained there until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and 
The Indian Territory in S. Paul's Church, Richmond, 
Virginia, on the 23d day of October, a.d. 1859, by The 
Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., The 

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198 HENRY CHAMPLIN LAY. 

Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, S.T.D., The Eight Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D., The Right Rev. Nich- 
olas Hamner Cobbs, D.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas 
Atkinson, S.T.D. 

a.d. 1868. — The Diocese of Maryland having been 
divided, and a new See created out of " all that part 
lying east of the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna 
River," with the Title of The Diocese of Easton, Bishop 
Lay was elected as Diocesan and translated to Easton 
on the 1st day of April, a.d. 1869. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 
1857, and that of Doctor of Laws from The University 
of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — Sermons : 1. Fidelity to the Truth, 1860. 
2. Missionary Success, 1866. 3. Our Lord, the Pattern 
to Bishops, 1868. 4. The Man of Business, two Ser- 
mons, 1870. 5. The Man of God, 1869. 6. The An- 
glican Church, and her Longings after Unity, 1873. 

Miscellaneous. — 1. Letters to a Man bewildered 
among many Counsellors. 2. Tracts for Missionary 
Use. 3. Studies in The Church. 4. The Lord and 
His Basket, Address at the Missionary Meeting in the 
Tabernacle, Boston, 1877. 5. Dry Earth in its Sanitary 
Applications, a paper in the Report of The State Board 
of Health of Maryland, 1878. 



No. *70. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOSEPH CRUIKSIIANK TALBOT, D.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Indiana, was born in Alexan- 
dria, Virginia, on the 5th day of September, a.d. 1816. 

He was educated in Pierpont Academy, Alexandria, 
and in 1835 removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where 
he was engaged in business for several years. 

He was Baptized in Christ Church, Louisville, in 
1837, by the Bishop of Kentucky, and Confirmed by 
him during the same year. 

In 1841 he became a Candidate for Holy Orders, and 
pursued his studies under the Bishop's direction. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Louisville, on the 
5th day of September, a.d. 1846, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Louisville, on 
the 6th day of September, a.d. 1848, by the same Pre- 
late. 

While in Deacon's Orders he organized S. John's 
Church, Louisville, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood became the Rector. He remained in that 
Parish seven years. In 1853 he removed to Indiana 
and became the Rector of Christ Church, Indianapolis, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

199 



200 JOSEPH CRUIKSHANK TALBOT. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, 
a.d. 1854, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Uni- 
versity of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

In 1859 he was elected by the House of Bishops as 
Missionary Bishop of the North-West, and the elec- 
tion was confirmed by the House of Clerical and Lay 
Deputies. This was a new jurisdiction, including Ne- 
braska, Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, 
Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Idaho, covering nearly 
nine hundred thousand square miles. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of the North- West 
in Christ Church, Indianapolis, on the 15th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1860, by The Right Pev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Pight Pev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., The Pight Pev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, 
D.D., The Pight Pev. George Upfold, S.T.D., and The 
Pight Pev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D. 

In 1865 he was elected as the Assistant Bishop of 
Indiana, to which Diocese he was translated in October 
of that year. 

Upon the death of Bishop Upfold, a.d. 1872, he 
became the Bishop of Indiana. 

Weitings. — A few single Sermons, Addresses to his 
Convention, Pastoral Letters, and fugitive Articles. 



:n"o. 71. 

the right reverend 

WILLIAM BACON STEVENS, D.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Bishop o'f Pennsylvania, was born in Bath, 
Maine, on the 13th day of July, a.d. 1815. 

After pursuing his classical studies in Phillips Acad- 
emy, Andover, Massachusetts, his health broke down, 
and he was compelled to spend over two years in 
foreign travel. Returning to the United States, he 
graduated Doctor in Medicine at Dartmouth College, 
Hanover, New Hampshire, a.d. 1837. He subsequently 
received the same Degree from The Medical College 
of South Carolina. He practised in his Profession 
in Savannah, Georgia, nearly five years. In 1841 he 
received the appointment of Historian for the State of 
Georgia. Shortly afterwards he relinquished his pro- 
fession and studied Theology under the direction of the 
Bishop of Georgia. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Savannah, on the 
26th day of February, a.d. 1843, by The Right Rev. 
Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 7th day 
of January, a.d. 1844, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he organized Emmanuel 
Church, Athens, Georgia, and upon his Ordination 
to the Priesthood became the Rector of the Parish. 
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202 WILLIAM* BACON STEVENS. 

In 1844 lie was elected Professor of Belles-Lettres, 
Oratory and Moral Philosophy in The University of 
Georgia. 

In 1847 he was a Deputy to the General Convention 
from the Diocese of Georgia. 

In 1848 he removed to Pennsylvania, and became 
the Hector of S. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1848, and that of 
Doctor of Laws from Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1862. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania in S. 
Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on the 2d day of Jan- 
uary, a.d. 1862, by The Eight Rev. John Henry Hop- 
kins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Alonzo 
Potter, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. "William Henry Odenheimer, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Potter, a.d. 1865, he be- 
came the Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

In the year 1865 the Diocese was divided, and a 
new See formed in the western portion of the State 
under the title of The Diocese of Pittsburg. (See 
No. 78.) 

In 1871 the Diocese was again divided, and another 
See created under the title of The Diocese of Central 
Pennsylvania. (See No. 99.) 

In 1868 he was appointed by the Presiding Bishop 
to take charge of the American E|)iscopal Churches on 



WILLIAM BACON STEVENS. 203 

the Continent of Europe, which position he held six 
years. 

"Writings. — 1. Discourses before the Georgia His- 
torical Society, a.d. 1841. 2. Tract on the History of 
Silk Culture in Georgia, 1841. 3. History of Georgia, 
from its first Discovery by the Europeans to the adop- 
tion of its present Constitution, in 1797, 2 vols. 8vo., 
1847. 4. Parables of The New Testament practically 
unfolded, 1 vol. 8vo., 1855. 5. Consolation, The Bow 
in the Cloud, 1 vol. 12mo., 1855. 6. Home Service, 1 
vol. 12mo., 1856. 7. The Lord's Day, its Obliga- 
tions and Blessings, 1 vol. 12mo., 1857. 8. The Past 
and the Present of S. Andrew's. 1 vol. 12mo., 1858. 

9. Two Discourses, September 12th and 19th, 1858, 8vo. 

10. A Charge to his Clergy, 1864, 8vo. 11. A Sermou 
preached in The Church of The Holy Trinity, Nice, 
France, December 30th, 1866, in behalf of The Society 
for Propagating The Gospel in Foreign Parts, and The 
Church Missionary Society. Nice, a.d. 1867. 12. A 
Sermon preached in Grace Church, Brooklyn, Long 
Island, at the Consecration of The Eight Rev. B. H. 
Paddock, D.D., September 17th, a.d. 1873, 8vo. 13. 
A Sermon preached in Grace Church, New York, at 
the Consecration of The Right Rev. S. L J. Scheres- 
chewsky, D.D., Missionary Bishop to China. Novem- 
ber, 1877, 8vo. Also a number of occasional Sermons, 
Essays, Tracts, and Papers in various Periodicals. 

Bishop Stevens also edited, with Preface and Notes, 
The Georgia Historical Collections, 8vo., 2 vols., 1841-2. 



No. 72. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

RICHARD HOOKER WILMER, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Alabama, was born in Alexan- 
dria, Virginia, on the 15th day of March, a.d. 1816. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1836, and at The Theological Seminary 
of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1839. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, Virginia, on the 31st day of March, (Easter 
Day,) a.d. 1839, by The Right Rev. Richard Channing 
Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 19th day 
of April, (Easter Day,) a.d. 1840, by the same Prelate. 

From March, 1839, to October, 1843, he was Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Goochland County, Virginia, and 
of S. John's Church, Fluvanna County. From Octo- 
ber, 1843, until August, 1844, he was Rector of S. 
James' Church, Wilmington, North Carolina. From 
October, 1844, until May, 1849, he had charge of Grace 
and Wickliffe Churches in Clarke County, Virginia. 
From January, 1850, until 1853, he had charge of Em- 
manuel Church, Loudon County, Virginia, and of 
Trinity Church, Fauquier County, Virginia. From 
August, 1853, until October, 1858, he had charge of S. 
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RICHARD HOOKER WILMER. 205 

Stephen's and Trinity Churches, Bedford County, Vir- 
ginia. In October, 1858, he became the Rector of Em- 
manuel Church, Henrico County, Virginia, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 
Virginia, a.d. 1859. 

Consecrated Bishop of Alabama in S. Paul's Church, 
Richmond, Virginia, on the 6th day of March, a.d. 
1862, by The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few Sermons, Addresses to his Con- 
vention, and Pastoral Letters. 



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No. 73. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS HUBBARD VAIL, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Kansas, was born in Richmond, 
Virginia, of New England parents, on the 21st day 
of October, a.d. 1812. He was Baptized in the State 
Capitol at Richmond by " Parson Buchanan," who 
for many years was the Assistant of Bishop Moore in 
The Monumental Church. Upon the death of his 
father, a.d. 1817, his mother returned to New England. 

He graduated at Washington (now Trinity) College, 
Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 1831, and at The General 
Theological Seminary, New York, a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mark's Church, New Canaan, 
Connecticut, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1835, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 6th day of January, a.d. 1837, by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

During the three months following his ordination to 
the Diaconate, he officiated in S. James' Church, Phila- 
delphia. After this he removed to Boston, and acted 
temporarily as Assistant to Dr. Wainwright, then Rec- 
tor of S. Paul's Church. Under Dr. Wainwright's 
direction he went to Worcester, Massachusetts, and 
organized All Saints' Church. 

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THOMAS HUBBARD VAIL. 207 

In 1837 at Easter, he became the Rector of Christ 
Church, Cambridge. In 1839 he removed to Connec- 
ticut, and became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Essex. In 1844 he removed to Rhode Island, and 
became the Rector of Christ Church, "Westerly, where 
he remained fourteen years, during which time he was 
a Deputy to the General Convention from the Diocese 
of Rhode Island. 

In December, 1857, he returned to Massachusetts, 
and became the Rector of S. Thomas' Church, Taun- 
ton. In November, 1863, he removed to. Iowa and 
became the Rector of Trinity Church, Muscatine. In 
September, 1864, he was elected Bishop of Kansas. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, Providence, Rhode 
Island, a.d. 1858, and that of Doctor of Laws from 
The University of Kansas, a.d. 1875. 

Consecrated Bishop of Kansas in Trinity Church, 
Muscatine, Iowa, on the 15th day of December, a.d. 
1864, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, 
D.D. 

Writings. — 1. The Comprehensive Church. 2. Life 
of Lyde, with an edition of his Poems. 3. Plan and 
Outline, with selections of books under many heads, 
of a Public Library in Rhode Island. 4. Reports of 
School Committees in Massachusetts. 5. Sermon at 
the Consecration of the Chapel of Griswold College. 
6. Charges, Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Western New York, was born 
in Mendham, New Jersey, on the 10th day of May, a.d. 
1818. 

He graduated at The University of New York, a.d. 
1838, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1841. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 27th day of June, a.d. 1841, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 25th clay of September, a.d. 1842, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate, he 
took charge of S. Ann's Church, Morrisania, West- 
chester County, New York, where he remained until 
Easter in the following year, when he removed to Con- 
necticut and became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Hartford. In 1854 he removed to Maryland, and be- 
came the Rector of Grace Church, Baltimore. In 
1863 he removed to New York, and became the Rector 
of Calvary Church, New York City, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 909 

In 1856, during his Rectorship of Grace Church, 
Baltimore, he was elected to the Episcopate of Texas 
but declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. James' College, Hagerstown, Maryland, a.d. 1856, 
that of Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hart- 
ford, Connecticut, a.d. 1868, and that of Doctor of Laws 
from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1868. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Western New York 
in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 4th day of January, 
a.d. 1865, by The Bight Bev. William Heathcote De 
Lancey, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Bight Bev. John 
Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Bight Bev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Bight Bev. Ho- 
ratio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., The Bight Bev. William 
Henry Odenheimer, D.D., and The Bight Bev. Joseph 
Cruikshank Talbot, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop De Lancey, April 5th, a.d. 
1865, he became the Bishop of Western New York. 

Writings. — Theology : 1. Sermons on Doctrine and 
Duty, Philadelphia, 1855. 2. Thoughts on The Ser- 
vices, Baltimore, 1859. (Enlarged edition, Philadelphia, 
1860. Bepublished in England. About sixteen edi- 
tions sold in the United States.) 3. The Criterion, 
New York, 1866. (Bepublished in Oxford, England.) 
4. Moral Beforms, Buffalo, 1869. 5. Apollos, or the 
Way of God, Buffalo, 1871. (Bepublished in Oxford, 
England, 1874.) 6. Lectures on Prophecy, Buffalo, 
1871. 7. Covenant Prayers, Buffalo, 1875. 8. L'Epis- 
copat de rOccident, Paris, 1874. 9. Elements of Ec- 
clesiography, (Serial,) Hartford, 1874. 10. Absolution 
and Confession, New Haven, 1850. 

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210 ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 

Translations, Works edited, &c. — 1. Bishop Wil- 
berforce's " Eucharistica," edited and adapted to the 
American Liturgy, New York, 1842. 2. Hirscher's 
work on " The Actual State of The Church," translated 
and edited, with an Introduction, Oxford, 1852. 3. La- 
borde on the Immaculate Conception, translated and 
edited, Philadelphia, 1855. 4. Morals of Liguori, by 
Meyrick, edited, with an Introduction, Baltimore, 1856. 
5. Croswell's Poems, with a Biography, 1860. 6. 
Sherwood's Stories, with Emendations, 1860. 7. The 
Churchman's Calendar, with an Ecclesiography, or 
view of The Catholic Church, New York, 1861, (en- 
larged and continued annually until 1866). 8. The 
Papacy, by the Abbe Guettee, New York, 1866. 9. 
Leighton's Moderate Episcopacy, New York, 1868. 
10. Bishop Burgess' Poems, with Critical Review, 1869. 

Sermons.— 1. The Household of Faith, 1846. 2. 
Seventy Years Since, 1848. 3. A City not Forsaken, 
1849. 4. The Priesthood and the People, Oxford, 1851. 
5. The Faithful Witness, 1852. 6. The New Dogma 
of Rome, 1855. 7. Counsels of Unity, 1856. 8. Truth 
and our Times, 1863. 9. The Mocking of Ishmael, 
1863. 10. The Liturgy of Heaven, 1864. 11. The 
Ministry, 1864. 12. The Restoration of Unity, 1865. 
13. A Father in Christ, 1865. 14. Scriptural Bishop- 
rics, 1866. 15. The Choice of a Bishop, 1868. 16. 
Practical Wisdom, 1868. 17. The Death of Bishop 
Burgess, 1869. 18. The Corporate Witness, 1874. 
19. The Anglican Cathedral, Canada, 1875, 20. The 
Russian War, 1877. 

Pamphlets. — 1. Revivalism in The Church, 1843. 2. 
Letter to the Bishop of Arras, (French,) Oxford, 1856. 



ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 211 

3. Apology for the English. Bible, 1857. Note.— This 
pamphlet went through three editions and accomplished 
its purpose, the suppression of The American Bible 
Society's new Bibles. 4. Mixed Societies, 1857. 5. 
Fixed Principles, 1859. 6. Three Tracts, 1859. 7. 
Address of Christian Unity Society, 1864. 8. Letter 
to Pius the Ninth, 1869. Note. — This letter was re- 
published in Europe, in French, German, Modern 
Greek, Bohemian, and Italian. Circulated by The 
Anglo-Continental Society, and twice republished in 
England. 9. Tracts No. XIV., XV., XVI. of Parker's 
Series, Oxford, 1850. 10. Catholics and Roman Cath- 
olics, 1874. 11. 'Episcopal Addresses, Conferences, 
Charges, Pastoral Letters, Special Services, &c. 

General Literature. — 1. Impressions of England, 
1855. 2. Contributions to Periodical Literature, viz. : 

I. Modern English Poetry, Repository, 1839. 2. Cow- 
per's Poetry, Repository, 1839. 3. Devotional Poetry, 
New York Review, 1839. 4. Cave of the Regicides, 
Blackwood's, 1847. 5. European Revolutions, Black- 
wood's, 1848. 6. Route into Canada, Blackwood's, 

1848. 7. Foreign Conservatism, Blackwood's, 1849. 
8. Schools in American Literature, Church Review, 

1849. 9. The New Hegira, Church Review, 1849. 
10. Writings of Hawthorne, Church Review, 1851. 

II. Religion for The Republic (Four Papers), Church 
Review, 1853. 

Letters, Lectures, &c. — 1. Letter on Dr. Muhlen- 
berg's Memorial, 1856. 2. Memorial of Carey and 
Patterson, 1858. 3. Letter to Father Nestor, 1865. 

4. Exposition of The General Convention of 1865. 

5. The Moravian Episcopate, 1866. 6. Speech at To- 



212 ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 

ronto, 1866. 7. Signs of the Times (Four Lectures), 
1869. 8. Contribution to The Church and The Age, 
London, 1872. 9. Contribution to " Union Chretienne," 
Paris, 1872. 10. Contribution to " New Englander," 
1874. 11. Contribution to " Princeton Review," 1878. 

Poems. — 1. Advent, a Mystery, 1837. 2. Athwold, 
(Three Cantos,) 1838. 3. Christian Ballads, 1840. 4. 
Athanasion, 1840. 5. Athanasion, and other Poems, 
1842. 6. Halloween, 1844, (privately printed in 1842). 
7. Saul, a Mystery, 1845. 8. The Ladye Chace, 1877, 
an improved and enlarged edition of " Athwold/' after 
its suppression for forty years. 

Bishop Coxe's " Christian Ballads" were republished 
in England in 1849, and " revised editions" have 
appeared and re-appeared in England and America in 
constant succession. 

Note. — In 1851 while Rector of S. John's Church, 
Hartford, he made the tour of Europe. In 1869 he 
went again, and again in June, 1870. In 1872 the 
charge of " The Churches in Haiti" was committed 
to him, and in November of that year he went out to 
attend to the organization of the Churches there. In 
Port-au-Prince he Consecrated the Church of The 
Holy Trinity, (built in memory of Bishop Burgess,) 
Ordained six Priests and five Deacons, held a Convo- 
cation, and administered Confirmation. On his return 
he visited Jamaica, and officiated there. This work 
was in the charge of Bishop Coxe until the Consecra- 
tion of Bishop Holly, a.d. 1874. 



No. 75. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES TODD QUINTARD, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Tennessee, was born in Stam- 
ford, Connecticut, on the 22d day of December, a.d. 
1824. 

He graduated at The University of New York, as 
Doctor of Medicine, a.d. 1846. 

In 1847 he was appointed Physician of The New 
York Dispensary, and in 1851 Professor of Physi- 
ology and Anatomy in the Medical College, Memphis, 
Tennessee. Shortly after his removal to Tennessee he 
relinquished his Profession, and began the study of 
Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in Calvary Church, Memphis, Ten- 
nessee, on the 1st day of January, a.d. 1855, by The 
Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 6th day 
of January, a.d. 1856, by the same Prelate. 

In 1858 he- became the Rector of The Church of The 
Advent, Nashville, Tennessee. During the Civil War 
he was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army. 

Consecrated Bishop of Tennessee in S. Luke's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 11th day of October, 
a.d. 1865, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George Bur- 

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214 CHARLES TODD QUINTARD. 

gess, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight Rev. Gregory Thurston 
Bedell, D.D., The Right Rev. William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 
S.T.D., together with The Right Rev. Francis Fulford, 
D.D., Bishop of Montreal, Canada, and Metropolitan. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1866, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — 1. A Plain Tract on Confirmation. 2. 
A Preparation for Confirmation, occasional Sermons, 
Addresses to his Convention, and Pastoral Letters. In 
his early life he was a constant contributor to Medical 
journals. 



No. 76. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT HARPER CLARKSON, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Nebraska, was born in Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, on the 19th day of November, a.d. 1826. 

He graduated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 
a.d. 1844, and at S. James' College, Hagerstown, Mary- 
land, a.d. 1848. 

Ordered Deacon in The College Chapel, Hagerstown, 
on the 18th day of June, a.d. 1848, by The Eight Rev. 
"William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of Jubilee College, 
Illinois, on the 5th day of January, a.d. 1851, by The 
Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

He became the Rector of S. James' Church, Chicago, 
Illinois, a.d. 1849, where he remained until his elevation 
to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
the Diocese of Illinois during a period of fifteen years, 
and at the time of his election to the Episcopate was 
the Assistant Secretary of the House of Clerical and 
Lay Deputies. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Nebraska and 
Dakota in S. James' Church, Chicago, on the 15th 
day of November, a.d. 1865, by The Right Rev. John 

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216 ROBERT HARPER CLARKSON. 

Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight 
Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry 
Washington Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., and The Right Rev. Joseph 
Cruikshank Talbot, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Racine College, a.d. 1857, and that of Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Nebraska, a.d. 1872. 

In 1870 he became the Bishop of Nebraska, retain- 
ing his jurisdiction in Dakota as Missionary Bishop. 

Writings. — 1. Sermon — " Shall this House lie 
Waste?" 1850. 2. Sermon— " Consider the Years," 
1859. 3. Sermon— "What am I that I should with- 
stand God ?" 1855. 4. A Memorial Sketch of Bishop 
White, 1876. 5. A Paper before The Historical Society 
of Chicago, in memoriam, W. B. Ogden, Esq., 1877. 



IN"o. 77. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE MAXWELL RANDALL, S.T.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with juris- 
diction in adjacent Territories, was born in Warren, 
Ehode Island, on the 23d day of November, a.d. 1810. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1835, and at The General Theolo- 
gical Seminary, IsTew York, a.d. 1838. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mark's Church, Warren, 
Ehode Island, on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1838, by 
The Eight Eev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 2d day of 
November, a.d. 1839, by the same Prelate. 

His first pastoral work was as the Eector of The 
Church of The Ascension, Pall Eiver, Massachusetts. 
In 1844 he removed to Boston, and became the Eector 
of The Church of The Messiah, which position he 
occupied until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, a.d. 1856. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Massachusetts 
to the General Convention, from 1850 to 1865, inclu- 
sive. In 1862 he was chosen as the Secretary to the 
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, and again in 
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218 GEORGE MAXWELL RANDALL. 

1865. He had previously been the Assistant Secre- 
tary. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Colorado in 
Trinity Church, Boston, on the 28th day of December, 
a.d. 1865, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Manton 
Eastburn, S. T.D., The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, S.T.D., to- 
gether with The Right Rev. Thomas Nettleship Staley, 
D.D., the Bishop of Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands. 

Bishop Randall died in Denver, Colorado, on the 
28th day of September, a.d. 1873, and was buried in 
Warren, Rhode Island. 

Writings. — Sermons, Essays, Addresses, Lectures, 
Articles for Newspapers and Reviews, and Editorials 
in The Christian Witness and Church Advocate, of 
which paper he was Chief Editor for many years. A 
little Tract, " Why I am a Churchman," written by 
him, has passed to its ninety-fourth edition. 

Note. — While he was a Student in The General The- 
ological Seminary, with some of his fellow-students he 
gathered a few children in an old building, and started 
a Sunday-school. A lot of land was leased, and a 
small wooden Chapel built. From this beginning 
sprang " Calvary Church," New York. 



No. 78. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN BARRETT KERFOOT, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Pittsburg, was born in Dublin, 
Ireland, on the 1st day of March, a.d. 1816. 

He was brought to the United States in 1819, and 
settled at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

He graduated at Flushing Institute, (afterwards S. 
Paul's College,) at Flushing, Long Island, a.d. 1834. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Church, Flushing, 
on the 1st day of March, a.d. 1837, by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onclerdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 1st day 
of March, a.d. 1840, by the same Prelate. 

He was Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek, and 
Chaplain in S. Paul's College, from 1837 until 1842, 
when he removed to Maryland and became the Rector 
of S. James' College, Hagerstown, where he remained 
until 1864, when he was chosen President of Trinity 
College, Hartford, Connecticut. Two years later he 
was elected as the first Bishop of Pittsburg, a new See 
which had been created in the western portion of the 
Diocese of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1865. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1850, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 

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220 JOHN BARRETT KERFOOT. 

1865. The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred 
upon him by The University of Cambridge, England, 
a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pittsburg in Trinity Church, 
Pittsburg, on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1866, by 
The Eight Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit McILvaine, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. fm. Rollinson Whit- 
tingham, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Wil- 
liams, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruik- 
shank Talbot, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, D.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. 
Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D. 

Writings. — 1. Several Sermons preached in The 
Chapel of The College of S. James, and at Convoca- 
tions in Maryland. 2. Lecture on the Inspiration of 
The Holy Scriptures, delivered in the Course of Lec- 
tures on the Evidences of Christianity, Philadelphia, 
1853-4. 3. Inauguration Address as President of 
Trinity College. 4. Convention Addresses and Charges, 
as Bishop of Pittsburg. 5. Semi-Centennial Sermon 
before the Board of Missions, a.d. 1871. 6. Sermon 
preached at the Consecration of Bishop Armitage, 

1866. 7. Sermon preached at the Consecration of 
Bishop Pinkney, 1870. 

Note. — The Diocese of Pittsburg, containing " all 
that part of the State of Pennsylvania lying west of 
the eastern line of the Counties of McKean, Cameron, 
Clearfield, Cambria, and Somerset," was created in 
1865 by the action of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, 
and confirmed by the General Convention, as pro- 
vided by Canon, in October of the same year. 



No. 79. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHANNING MOORE WILLIAMS, S.T.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of Yedo, with jurisdiction 
in Japan, was born in Richmond, Virginia, on the 18th 
day of July, a.d. 1829. 

He graduated at The College of "William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1853, and at The Theo- 
logical Seminary of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1855. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
on the 1st day of July, a.d. 1855, by The Eight Rev. 
"William Meade, D.D. 

In November, 1855, he sailed for China as a Mis- 
sionary under the direction of Bishop Boone. 

Ordained Priest in the Mission Chapel, Shanghai, 
China, on the 11th day of January, a.d. 1857, by The 
Right Rev. William Jones Boone, D.D. 

At the request of the Foreign Committee of the 
Board of Missions, he was shortly afterward transferred 
to Japan. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop to China, with juris- 
diction in Japan, in S. John's Chapel, New York, on 
the 3d day of October, a.d. 1866, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev/ Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 

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CHANNING MOORE WILLIAMS. 



Johns, S.T.D., The Eight Rev. John Payne, D.D., The 
Eight Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Eight Eev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1867. 

At the meeting of the General Convention in 1874 
Bishop Williams was relieved of the China Mission, 
and his title changed to that of Missionary Bishop of 
Yedo, with jurisdiction in Japan. 



:n-o. so. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOSEPH PERE BELL WILMER, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Swedes- 
borough, New Jersey, on the 11th day of February, 
a.d. 1812. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on the 10th day of July, a.d. 1834, by The 
Eight Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Petersburg, 
Virginia, in May, a.d. 1838, by the same Prelate. The 
day of the month is not known. 

From 1834 to 1838 he was settled in S. Anne's Parish, 
Albemarle, Virginia, after which he became the Chap- 
lain of The University of Virginia, at Charlottesville. 
In 1839 he was appointed Chaplain in the United 
States Army. In 1843 he resigned, and took charge 
of Hungar's Parish, Northampton County, Virginia, 
after which he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Goochland County. In 1848 he removed to Pennsyl- 
vania, and became the Rector of S. Mark's Church, 
Philadelphia, which position he held until the break- 
ing out of the Civil War, when he retired to his own 
estate in Virginia, where he remained until his eleva- 
tion to the Episcopate. 

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224 JOSEPH PERE BELL WILMER. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1857. 

Consecrated Bishop of Louisiana in Christ Church, 
New Orleans, on the 7th day of November, a.d. 1866, 
by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D. 

"Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Episcopal Ad- 
dresses, and Pastoral Letters. 



No. 81. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS, S.T.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Kent 
County, Delaware, on the 11th day of December, a.d. 
1822. 

He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn- 
sylvania, a.d. 1841. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Wilming- 
ton, Delaware, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1845, 
by The Eight Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 6th day 
of July, a.d. 1847, by the same Prelate. 

He was successively Rector of Christ Church, Nor- 
folk, Virginia, S. James' Church, Richmond, Virginia, 
Trinity Church, "Washington, District of Columbia, S. 
Peter's Church, Baltimore, Maryland, and Trinity 
Church, Chicago, Illinois. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
a.d. 1857. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kentucky in Christ 
Church, Louisville, on the 15th day of November, a.d. 
1866, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 

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226 GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS. 

Smith, S.T.D., The Eight Rev. Henry "Washington 
Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Tal- 
bot, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D. 

In November, 1873, he sent a letter to the Presiding 
Bishop resigning his office and withdrawing from the 
Church. 

In December, 1873, he held in New York, a meeting 
preliminary to the founding of the Schismatic body 
now known by the name of The Reformed Episcopal 
Church. 

He was formally Deposed by The Right Rev. Ben- 
jamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. , LL.D., on the 24th 
day of June, a.d. 1874. 

He died at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, 
on the 26th day of June, a.d. 1876. 



No. S3. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM EDMOND ARMITAGE, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Wisconsin, was born in the City 
of New York on the 6th day of September, a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1849, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1852. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 27th day of June, a.d. 1852, 
by The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Augusta, 
Maine, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1854, by 
The Uight Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D. 

He was the Assistant Minister at S. John's Church, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then Rector of S. Mark's 
Church, Augusta, Maine, after which he became the 
Rector of S. John's Church, Detroit, Michigan, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of "Wisconsin in S. 
John's Church, Detroit, Michigan, on the 6th day of 
December, a.d. 1866, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kem- 
per, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen 

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WILLIAM EDMOND ARMITAGE. 



McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry 
Washington Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruik- 
shank Talbot, D.D., The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland 
Coxe, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clark- 
son, D.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. George David Cummins, S.T.D., 
together with The Right Rev. Benjamin Cronyn, D.D., 
the Bishop of Huron, Canada. 

Upon the death of Bishop Kemper, a.d. 1870, he 
became the Bishop of Wisconsin. 

Bishop Armitage died in S. Luke's Hospital, New 
York, on the 7th day of December, a.d. 1873, and was 
buried at Detroit, Michigan. 



No. 83. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY ADAMS NEELY, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Maine, was born in Fayetteville, 
Onondaga County, New York, on the 14th day of May, 
a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Geneva (now Hobart) College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1849, and was Tutor in the 
same College from 1850 to 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 
19th day of December, a.d. 1852, by The Eight Rev. 
"William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Utica, New York, 
on the 18th day of June, a.d. 1854, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was Rector of Calvary Church, TJtica, 1853-55, 
Christ Church, Rochester, from October, 1855, to Octo- 
ber, 1862, Chaplain of Hobart College from October, 
1862, to October, 1864. Removed to New York and 
became an Assistant Minister in Trinity Church with 
charge of Trinity Chapel, where he remained until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maine in Trinity Chapel, New 

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230 HENRY ADAMS NEELY. 

York, on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1867, by The 
Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Right 
Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., and The Right 
Rev. George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D. 

Upon his removal to Maine he became the Rector 
of S. Luke's Church, Portland. S. Luke's became the 
Cathedral Parish of the Diocese, and a proper Cathe- 
dral Church erected, which was Consecrated on The 
Feast of S. Luke, October 18th, 1877. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses 
to his Convention, and Papers in Periodicals. 



3STo. 84. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Montana, Idaho, and Utah, was 
born in Windham, Greene County, New York, on the 
26th day of January, a.d. 1837. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1857, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1862. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigu- 
ration, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1862, 
by The Eight Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., 
D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Zion Church, Morris, Otsego 
County, New York, on the 19th day of July, a.d. 
1863, by the same Prelate. 

He went to Morris while in Deacon's Orders as the 
Assistant Minister, and upon the death of the Rector 
he became the Rector of the Parish, and remained there 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Montana, Idaho, 
and Utah, in Trinity Chapel, New York, on the 1st 
day of May, a.d. 1867, by The Right Rev. John Henry 

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232 DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE. 

Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Eev. 
William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Eight Eev. 
George Maxwell Eandall, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. 
John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D. 






No. 85. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Florida, was born in Pittston, 
Kennebec County, Maine, on the 30th day of October, 
a.d. 1820. 

He was a student in the Wesleyan Seminary, Read- 
field, Maine, and subsequently entered the Wesleyan 
University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he be- 
came a convert to the Church. He removed to Virginia, 
and entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia, 
near Alexandria, where he graduated a.d. 1845. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 26th day of April, a.d. 1845, 
by The Eight Rev. John Prentiss Xewley Henshaw, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Tallahassee, 
Florida, on the 11th day of January, a.d. 1846, by The 
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate he 
removed to Florida, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood he became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Jacksonville. In December, 1846, he removed to 
Texas, and was engaged in Missionary work in Bra- 

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234 JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG. 

zoria County until November, 1850. He was the Sec- 
retary of the Convention which met in 1848, for the 
organization of the Diocese of Texas. In November, 
1850, he removed to Mississippi, and settled in Living- 
ston, Madison County. In 1852 he removed to Louis- 
iana, and settled at Napoleonville, Assumption Parish. 
Subsequently he removed to New York City, and be- 
came an Assistant Minister in Trinity Parish, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was the Secretary of the Russo-Greek Commit- 
tee, and Editor of the papers issued by that Committee. 
In 1864 he visited Russia for the purpose of advancing 
the movement towards a restoration of inter-com- 
munion with the Eastern Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1865. 

Consecrated Bishop of Florida in Trinity Church, 
New York, on the 25th day of July, a.d. 1867, by The 
Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. John Payne, D.D., The Right Rev. 
Alexander Gregg, D.D., The Right Rev. William 
Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Right Rev. Richard 
Hooker Wilmer, D.D., and The Right Rev. George 
David Cummins, S.T.D. 

Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Addresses to his 
Convention, and a Devotional Manual for Candidates 
for Confirmation. He also edited " Hymns and Music 
for the Young," in two volumes, which passed through 
several editions. 



TS"o. 86. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN WATROUS BECKWITH, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Georgia, was born in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, on the 9th day of February, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, "Wilmington, 
Forth Carolina, on the 24th day of May, a.d. 1854, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Emmanuel Church, Warrenton, 
North Carolina, on the 20th day of May, a.d. 1855, by 
the same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was in Calvary Church, 
Wadesboro', North Carolina. He removed to Mary- 
land, and became the Rector of All-Hallows Parish, 
Anne Arundel County. 

At the beginning of the Civil War he removed to 
Mississippi, and was made the Rector of All-Hallows' 
Church, Washington County. Removing to Alabama, 
he became the Rector of Trinity Church, Demopolis. 

At the close of the war he removed to Louisiana, 
and became the Rector of Trinity Church, New Or- 
leans, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 

235 



236 JOHN WATROUS BECK WITH. 

ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1868, and that of Doctor in Divinity from The 
University of Georgia during the same year. 

Consecrated Bishop of Georgia in 8. John's Church, 
Savannah, on the 2d day of April, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. "William Mercer Green, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., The Right 
Rev. John Pere Bell Wilmer, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Freeman Young, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. Convention Addresses. 2. Lenten 
Charges. 3. Occasional Sermons. 4. Two Contro- 
versial Pamphlets. 



No. 87. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FRANCIS McNEECE WHITTLE, D.D., LL.D. 

The fifth Bishop of Virginia, was born in Mecklen- 
burg County, Virginia, on the 7th day of July, a.d. 
1823. 

He graduated at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1847. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
on the 16th day of July, a.d. 1847, by The Right Rev. 
"William Meade, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Charleston, 
Virginia, on the 8th day of October, a.d. 1848, by the 
same Prelate. 

• In October, 1847, he became the Rector of Kanawha 
Parish, Kanawha County, Virginia. 

In October, 1849, he became the Rector of S. James' 
Church, Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia. 

In October, 1852, he became the Rector of Grace 
Church, Berryville, Virginia. 

In October, 1857, he became the Rector of S. Paul's 
Church, Louisville, Kentucky, which position he held 
until April, a.d. 1868. 

At the Council of the Diocese of Virginia, May 17th, 
a.d. 1867, he was elected Assistant Bishop. 

237 



238 FRANCIS M'NEECE WHITTLE. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia in S. Paul's 
Church, Alexandria, Virginia, on the 30th day of April, 
a.d. 1868, by The Eight Eev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., 
and The Eight Eev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
LL.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Theological Seminary of Ohio, a.d. 1867, and that 
of Doctor of Laws from The College of William and 
Mary, a.d. 1873. 

Upon the death of Bishop Johns, April 5th, a.d. 
1876, he became the Bishop of Virginia. 

In 1877 the State known as West Virginia was 
erected into a new Diocese, entitled The Diocese of 
West Virginia. 



ISTo. 88. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HENRY AUGUSTUS BISSELL, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Vermont, was born in Ban- 
dolph, Vermont, on the 10th day of November, a.d. 
1814. 

He graduated at The University of Vermont, Bur- 
lington, a.d. 1836. 

Ordered Deacon in Calvary Church, New York, on 
the 29th day of September, a.d. 1839, by The Bight 
Bev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Troy, New York, 
on the 2d day of August, a.d. 1840, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was Bector of Trinity Church, "West Troy, New 
York, from 1841 to 1845, of Grace Church, Lyons, New 
York, from 1845 to 1848, and of Trinity Church, Ge- 
neva, New York, from 1848 until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Vermont in Christ Church, 
Montpelier, Vermont, on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1868, 
by The Bight Bev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., as- 
sisted by The Bight Bev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 
S.T.D., D.C.L., The Bight Bev. John Williams, S.T.D., 

239 



240 



WILLIAM HENRY AUGUSTUS BISSELL. 



The Eight Eev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., and 
The Eight Eev. Henry Adams tfeely, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Norwich University, Vermont, a.d. 1852, from 
Hohart College, a.d. 1868, and from The University 
of Vermont, a.d. 1876. 



IN"o. 89. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



CHARLES FRANKLIN ROBERTSON, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Missouri, was born in the City 
of New York on the 2d day of March, a.d. 1835. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1859, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, New York, a.d. 1862. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1862, 
by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Malone, New 
York, on the 23d day of October, a.d. 1862, by the 
same Prelate. 

Rector of S. Mark's Church, Malone, until Septem- 
ber 1st, 1868, when he accepted an election to the Rec- 
torship of S. James' Church, Batavia, New York. 

Consecrated Bishop of Missouri in Grace Church, 
New York, on the 25th day of October, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. , LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., 

l 21 241 



242 CHARLES FRANKLIN ROBERTSON. 

and The Eight Eev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1868. 

"Writings. — A number of Sermons, Addresses, and 
Miscellaneous Papers. 



:n~o. 90. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN WISTAR MORRIS, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Oregon and of 
"Washington Territory, was born in Wellsboro', Penn- 
sylvania, on the 30th day of May, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1846. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Philip's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1846, by The Eight Rev. 
Alonzo Potter, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, 
Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of April, a.d. 1847, by 
the same Prelate. 

He was Rector of S. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, 
four years, after which he became the Rector of S. 
David's Church, Manayunk, where he remained six 
years, when he was made Assistant Minister of S. 
Luke's Church, Germantown, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Oregon and of 
"Washington Territory in S. Luke's Church, Philadel- 
phia, on the 3d day of December, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D. , assisted by The Right 
Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., The 

243 



244 BENJAMIN WISTAR MORRIS. 

Eight Eev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Eight Eev. Eobert Harper Clarkson, D.D., The Eight 
Eev. George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D., and The Eight 
Eev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and that 
of Doctor in Divinity from The University of Penn- 
sylvania, a.d. 1868. 



No. 91. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ABRAM NEWKIRK LITTLEJOHN, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Long Island, was born in Florida, 
Montgomery County, New York, on the 13th day of 
December, a.d. 1824. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1845. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Auburn, New 
York, on the 19th day of March, a.d. 1848, by The 
Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 12th day of June, a.d. 1849, by The 
Pight Pev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, he took 
charge of S. Ann's Church, Amsterdam, and shortly 
afterwards removed to Connecticut, and took charge 
of S. Andrew's Church, Meriden. In February, 1850, 
he removed to Massachusetts, and became the Pector 
of Christ Church, Springfield. In June, 1851, he 
returned to Connecticut, and became the Pector of 
S. Paul's Church, New Haven. 

In 1858 he was elected President of Geneva (now 
Hobart) College, but declined. He was Lecturer on 
Pastoral Theology in Berkeley Divinity School, Mid- 
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24(3 ABRAM NEW KIRK LITTLEJOHN. 

dletown, Connecticut, for a period of seven years. In 
1860 he removed to New York, and became Rector 
of The Church of The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, which 
position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1855. In 1868 
he was elected Bishop of Central E"ew York, but 
declined. 

Consecrated Bishop of Long Island in The Church 
of The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, on the 27th day of 
January, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, 
S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. 
John Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Henry 
Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert 
Harper Clarkson, D.D., The Right Rev. George Max- 
well Randall, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett 
Kerfoot, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams STeely, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin Wistar Morris, 
S.T.D. 

In 1874 he was appointed by the Presiding Bishop 
to take charge of the American Episcopal Churches on 
the Continent of Europe. 

Writings. — Besides Charges, Addresses, and occa- 
sional Sermons, his contributions to current literature 
embrace Critiques, Essays, and Reviews, entitled : 1. 
The Philosophy of Religion. 2. The Metaphysics of 
Cousin. 3. The Life and Writings of S. T. Coleridge. 
4. The Poetry of George Herbert. 5. Sir James 
Stephen's Lectures on the History of France. 6. 
Roger's Eclipse of Faith. 7. The Bible and Com- 
mon Sense. 8. The Outwardness of Popular Religion. 



ABRAM NEW KIRK LITTLEJOHN. 247 

9. Human Progress dependent on Tradition rather 
than Invention. 10. Thoughts and Inquiries on the 
Alt Catholic Movement. 11. Discourse at the Conse- 
cration of S. Paul's Church Within the Walls, Pome, 
Italy. 12. Essay before The Church Congress, New 
York, 1877. 



No. 92. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Albany, was born in Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, on the 2d day of March, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Burlington College, Burlington, 
New Jersey, a.d. 1850. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 
on the 6th day of March, a.d. 1853, by his father, The 
Eight Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 16th day 
of March, a.d. 1856, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he served as his father's 
Curate at S. Mary's Church. 

In 1856 he took charge of S. Barnabas' Church in 
Burlington. 

In 1859, upon the death of his father, he became 
the Rector of S. Mary's Church. 

In the spring of 1861 he removed to Connecticut, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church, Hartford. 

In 1867 he removed to New York and became the 
Rector of S. Peter's Church, Albany, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1867. 

248 



WILLIAM CMOS WELL DOANE. 249 

Consecrated Bishop of Albany in S. Peter's Church, 
Albany, on the 2d day of February, a.d. 1869, by The 
Eight Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., 
assisted by The Right Rev. William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry Adams 
Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Rob- 
ertson, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk 
Littlejohn, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. Occasional Sermons. 2. Convention 
Addresses. 3. Addresses to the Graduating Class of 
S. Agnes' School. 4. A Volume of Questions on the 
Collects, Epistles, and Gospels. 5. The Life and Writ- 
ings of his father, The Right Rev. George Washing- 
ton Doane, S.T.D. , LL.D., the second Bishop of New 
Jersey, 4 vols. 8vo. 



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No. 93. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Central New York, was born in 
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on the 28th 
day of May, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at Amherst College, Amherst, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1839, and at the Divinity School of Har- 
vard University, a.d. 1842. 

He was Minister of a Unitarian Congregation in 
Boston for thirteen years, and from 1855 until 1860, 
Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard College, and 
Preacher to the University. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Amherst College, a.d. 1856. 

His extensive reading and careful habits of study 
led him to renounce the peculiar doctrines of the 
Unitarians and apply for Holy Orders. 

He was Confirmed in Christ Church, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on The Feast of The Annunciation, 
a.d. 1860, by The Eight Eev. Manton Eastburn, 
S.T.D. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
12th day of September, a.d. 1860, by The Eight Eev. 
Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. 

250 



FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON. 251 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Messiah, 
Boston, on the 19th day of March, a.d. 1861, by the 
same Prelate. 

He organized Emmanuel Church, Boston, became 
the Rector of the Parish, and remained there until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Central New York in Em- 
manuel Church, Boston, on the 8th day of April, a.d. 
1869, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Manton 
Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. 
Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Wistar Morris, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. William 
Croswell Doane, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. Sermons for the People, 12mo., 1856. 
2. Lessons on The Parables of Our Saviour, 1856. 3. 
Christian Believing and Living. 4. Home and Col- 
lege Unconscious Tuition. 5. Lowell and Graham 
Lectures on the Divine Aspects of Human Society. 
6. Helps to a Holy Lent. 7. Christ and the World — 
A Charge to his Clergy. 8. Christ in the Christian 
Year, and in the Life of Man. 9. A large number of 
Sermons, Discourses and Lectures, and also extended 
and various contributions to Periodicals, Magazines, 
and Newspapers. 10. Compiler (with Dr. Hedge) of 
Hymns for The Church of Christ. 11. Elim, and 
Lyra Domestica, two volumes of Poetry. 12. Editor 
of Martyria, Euthanasy, Christianity the Deliverance 
of the Soul and its Life — the American edition of 



252 FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON. 

the Works of The Eev. fm. Mountford. 13. Editor 
of an American edition of Archbishop Whateley's 
Christian Morals. 14. Editor of The Church Monthly 
Magazine — now extinct. 



No. 94. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

OZI WILLIAM WHITTAKER, D.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Nevada, was born in New 
Salem, Massachusetts, on the 10th day of May, a.d. 
1830. 

He graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, a.d. 
1856. 

For nearly four years he was the Principal of the 
High School in North Brookfleld, Massachusetts. 

Graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1863. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1863, by The 
Eight Eev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Stephen's Chapel, Boston, on 
the 7th day of August, a.d. 1863, by the same Prelate. 

He proceeded at once to Nevada, and became the 
Rector of " The Parish of S. John," Gold-Hill. In 
1865 he returned to the East, and became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Englewood, New Jersey. In 
1867 he returned to Nevada, and became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Virginia City. 

He was elected Missionary Bishop of Nevada by 
both Houses of the General Convention in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, a.d. 1868. 

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254 OZI WILLIAM WHITTAKER. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1869. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Nevada in S. 
George's Church, New York, on the 13th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1869, by The Eight Eev. Charles Pettit 
Mcllvaine, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Eev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Eight 
Eev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight 
Eev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., and 
The Eight Eev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D. 

His only published writings are a few occasional 
Sermons. 



:N"o. 93. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY NILES PIERCE, D.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode 
Island, on the 19th day of October, a.d. 1820. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1842. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Matagorda, Texas, 
on the 23d day of April, a.d. 1843, by The Right Rev. 
George Washington Freeman, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 3d day 
of January, a.d. 1849, by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in Missionary work in Wash- 
ington County, Texas, and after his Ordination to the 
Priesthood he remained for some time in the same 
position. Subsequently he removed to Alabama, and 
became the Rector of S. John's Church, Mobile. In 
1868 he removed to Illinois, and became the Rector of 
S. Paul's Church, Springfield, which position he occu- 
pied at the time of his election to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a.d. 1862, and 
that of Doctor of Laws from The College of William 
and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1869. 

255 



256 HENRY NILES PIERCE. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory in Christ Church, Mobile, Alabama, 
on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1870, by The Eight 
Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, LL.D., D.D. 
Oxon., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wil- 
mer, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Pere Bell Wil- 
mer, D.D., and The Right Rev. John Freeman Young, 
S.T.D. 

Writings. — Various occasional Sermons, Essays, 
Addresses, &c, and some translations. 



No. 96. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM WOODRUFF NILES, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of New Hampshire, was born in 
Hatley, Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), on 
the 24th day of May, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1857, and at The Berkeley Divinity 
School, Middletown, Connecticut, a.d. 1861. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Holy Trinity, 
Middletown, on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1861, by The 
Eight Eev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Philip's Church, Wiscasset, 
Maine, on the 14th day of May, a.d. 1862, by The 
Eight Eev. George Burgess, S.T.D. 

During the year following his graduation he was a 
Tutor in Trinity College. After his Ordination to the 
Diaconate he removed to Maine, where he took charge 
of S. Philip's Church, Wiscasset, and upon his Ordina- 
tion to the Priesthood he became the Eector. In 1864 
he returned to Connecticut, and became Professor of 
the Latin Language and Literature in Trinity Col- 
lege, which Chair he retained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

During the two years next preceding his Consecra- 

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258 WILLIAM WOODRUFF NILES. 

tion he held the Rectorship of S. John's Church, 
Warehouse Point, together with his Professorship. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Hampshire in S. Paul's 
Church, Concord, New Hampshire, on the 21st day of 
September, a.d. 1870, by The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith', S.TJX, LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. John Williams, S.TJX, LLJX, The Right Rev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.TJX, The Right Rev. William 
Henry Augustus Bissell, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
William Croswell Doane, S.TJX, together with The 
Right Rev. James William Williams, D.D., the Bishop 
of Quebec. 

At the time of his Consecration, and for some years 
after, Bishop Mies was a British subject. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1870. 

Writings. — Addresses to his Convention. Essays 
and Contributions to the Press. During a part of the 
time he was Professor at Trinity College, he was the 
Editor of " The Churchman." 



No. 97. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



Assistant Bishop of Maryland, was born in Annapolis, 
Maryland, on the 17th day of April, a.d. 1810. 

He graduated at S. John's College, Annapolis, a.d. 
1827. ^ 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Cambridge, Dor- 
chester County, Maryland, on the 12th day of April, 
a.d. 1835, by The Right Rev. William Murray Stone, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in All Saints' Church, Frederick, on 
the 27th day of May, a.d. 1836, by the same Prelate. 

He took charge of Somerset and Coventry Parishes 
for a few months, when he removed to Bladensburg, 
where he became the Rector of S. Matthias' Church. 
Subsequently he removed to Washington, District of 
Columbia, where he became the Rector of The Church 
of The Ascension, which position he occupied until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1855. 
The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon 
him by Columbia University, Washington, District of 
Columbia, and by The College of William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1870. 

259 



260 WILLIAM PINKNEY. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Maryland in The 
Church of The Epiphany, Washington, District of 
Columbia, on the 6th day of October, a.d. 1870, by 
The Right Rev. Benjamin Bos worth Smith, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., 
The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., LL.D., 
The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., 
The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 



No. 98. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLTAM BELL WHITE HOWE, D.D., S.T.D. 

The sixth. Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Claremont, New Hampshire, on the 31st day of March, 
a.d. 1823. 

He graduated at The University of Vermont, Bur- 
lington, Vermont, a.d. 1844. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Philip's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 9th day of April, a.d. 1847, by 
The Right Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Stephen's Chapel, Charleston, 
on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1849, by the same Prelate. 

He became the Rector of S. John's, Berkeley, South 
Carolina, in 1848, and remained there twelve years. 
In 1860 he removed to Charleston, and became the 
Assistant Minister at S. Philip's Church, succeeding 
to the Rectorship in 1863, which position he held until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee, a.d. 
1871, and that of Doctor of Sacred Theology from 
Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in S. Paul's 
Church, Baltimore, Maryland, on the 8th day of Octo- 
ber, a.d. 1871, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 

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262 WILLIAM BELL WHITE HOWE. 

Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Gregg, D.D., together with The Right Rev. 
George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., The Bishop of Litch- 
field, England, and The Right Rev. Addington Robert 
Peel Yenables, D.D., Bishop of Nassau, West Indies. 

Writings. — He has published little beyond one or 
two occasional Sermons, Addresses to his Convention, 
&c. 



No. 99. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



MARK ANTONY DeWOLFE HOWE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, was born in 
Bristol, Rhode Island, on the 5th day of April, a.d. 
1809. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1828. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, on 
the 15th day of January, a.d. 1832, by The Right Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, on the 12th 
day of March, a.d. 1833, by the same Prelate. 

He officiated for three months in 1832 in S. Mat- 
thew's Church, South Boston. In October of the same 
year he became the Rector of S. James' Church, Rox- 
bury, (now Highland District, Boston,) where he re- 
mained three years. He then became the Editor of 
The Christian Witness, and Rector of Christ Church, 
Cambridge. He returned to the Rectorship of S. James' 
Church in the autumn of 1836, and continued in that 
work until 1846, when he removed to Pennsylvania and 
became the Rector of S. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 4 

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264 MARK ANTONY D^ WOLFE HOWE. 

In 1850 lie was a Deputy from the Diocese of Penn- 
sylvania to the General Convention, which met that 
year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was made Secretary to 
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, which office 
he held for twelve years. 

He was elected as Deputy to the General Conven- 
tion from the same Diocese, for every session from 
1850, until and including that of 1871. 

In 1865 he was elected Missionary Bishop to Nevada, 
but declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, Providence, Rhode 
Island, a.d. 1848, and that of Doctor of Laws from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1876. 

Consecrated Bishop of Central Pennsylvania in S. 
Luke's Church, Philadelphia, on the 28th day of De- 
cember, A.i). 1874, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bos- 
worth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Charles Pettit McITvaine, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Thomas 
March Clark, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Gregory 
Thurston Bedell, D.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett 
Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin 
"Wistar Morris, S.T.D. 

"Writings. — 1. Essays and Fugitive Pieces in Yerse. 
2. A Pamphlet on the Right of The Eastern Diocese 
to Elect an Assistant Bishop, 1837. 3. A Review of 
the Report of the Boston School Committee, 1845. 4. 
A Pamphlet in Vindication of the Missionary Associa- 
tion for the West, 1857. 5. Preface to Butler's edi- 
tion of Bishop Ileber's Poems, 1857. 6. Several 



MARK ANTONY DE WOLFE HOWE. 265 

occasional Sermons. 7. The Sermon before the Conven- 
tion of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1859. 8. Memoir 
of The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., 1870. 

Note. — The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania was 
organized a.d. 1871, and consists of all that portion of 
the State of Pennsylvania lying east of the Counties 
of McKean, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria, and Som- 
erset, excluding the Counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, 
Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester. 



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No. lOO. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HOBART HARE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of the Indian Jurisdiction of Nio- 
brara, was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on the 17th 
day of May, a.d. 1838. 

He entered The University of Pennsylvania, but, on 
account of serious trouble with his eyes, was obliged 
to withdraw before graduation. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Matthew's Church, Philadel- 
phia, (Francisville,) on the 19th day of June, a.d. 1859, 
by The Eight Eev. Samuel Bowman, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, 
Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of May, a.d. 1862, by 
The Eight Eev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

He was the Assistant Minister at S. Luke's Church, 
Philadelphia, from June, 1859, until May, 1861, when 
he became the Eector of S. Paul's Church, Chestnut 
Hill. In 1863 he resigned S. Paul's, and took charge 
of S. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, during the absence 
of the Eector. 

In 1864 he became the Eector of The Church of 
The Ascension, Philadelphia, where he remained until 
he was appointed Secretary and General Agent of the 
Foreign Committee of the Board of Missions. This 
position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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WILLIAM HOB ART HARE. 267 

In 1871 he was elected by the House of Bishops, 
Missionary Bishop to Cape Palmas and parts adjacent 
in West Africa, but declined. 

At a special meeting of the House of Bishops held 
in New York, October, a.d. 1872, he was elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Niobrara. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
and Columbia College, New York, and that of Doctor 
in Divinity from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 
1872. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Niobrara in S. 
Luke's Church, Philadelphia, on the 9th day of Janu- 
ary, a.d. 1873, by The Bight Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Bight Eev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., 
LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., D.C.L., and The Right Rev. William 
Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D. 

He was presented for Consecration by the Bishops 
of Nebraska and Central Pennsylvania. 



No. lOl. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN GOTTLIEB AUER, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in West Africa, was born in Neubulach, 
in Wurtemberg, on tbe 18th day of November, a.d. 
1832. 

In November, a.d. 1854, he was entered as a Student 
in the Mission School at Basle. 

In 1858 he went to Africa, and became a teacher 
in the Seminary of a German Mission at Akrapong, 
among the Akrapim Mountains. 

In 1862 he left this Mission and attached himself to 
the work under Bishop Payne, at Cavalla. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Epiphany, 
Cavalla, Africa, on the 20th day of April, a.d. 1862, 
by The Eight Eev. John Payne, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the same 
day, and by the same Prelate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, a.d. 1873. • 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop for Cape Palmas 
and parts adjacent in Western Africa in S. John's 
Church, Georgetown, District of Columbia, on the 
17th day of April, a.d. 1873, by The Eight Eev. Ben- 

268 



JOHN GOTTLIEB AVER. 269 

jamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 
Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Payne, D.D., 
The Right Rev. William Edmond Armitage, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. William Pinkney, D.D. 

Bishop Auer died at Cavalla, Africa, on the 16th 
day of February, a.d. 1874. 



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No. 102. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN HENRY PADDOCK, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in 
Norwich, Connecticut, on the 29th day of February, 
a.d. 1828. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1848, 
and at The General Theological Seminary, New York, 
a.d. 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Stratford, Con- 
necticut, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1852, by The 
Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Norwich, Con- 
necticut, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1853, by 
The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

He spent a portion of his Diaconate as the Assistant 
Minister in The Church of The Epiphany, New York. 
In the spring of 1853 he removed to Maine and be- 
came the Rector of S. Luke's Church, Portland, but 
the rigor of the climate compelled him to abandon this 
work, and he returned to Connecticut. In the autumn 
of 1853 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, Nor- 
wich, of which Parish, his father The Rev. Seth B. 
Paddock was the Rector for twenty-two years. He 
remained in Norwich nearly seven years, and then 
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BENJAMIN HENRY PADDOCK. 271 

removed to Michigan, where he became the Rector 
of Christ Church, Detroit. In May, 1869, he removed 
to New York and became the Rector of Grace Church, 
Brooklyn, Long Island, where he remained until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Grace 
Church, Brooklyn, on the 17th day of September, 
a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram Eewkirk Little- 
john, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Frederic Dan Hun- 
tington, S.T.D. 

Wkitings. — Occasional Articles for Reviews and 
Periodicals, Canonical Digests, Special Sermons, Col- 
legiate and other Addresses, with one Episcopal 
Charge. 



No. 103. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THEODORE BENEDICT LYMAN, S.T.D. 

Assistant Bishop of North Carolina, was born in 
Brighton, Massachusetts, on the 27th day of Novem- 
ber, a.d. 1815. 

He graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New 
York, a.d. 1837, and at The General Theological Sem- 
inary, New York, a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Baltimore, Mary- 
land, on the 20th day of September, a.d. 1840, by The 
Right Rev. William Rollinson "Whittingham, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Hagerstown, 
on the 19th day of December, a.d. 1841, by the same 
Prelate. 

In October, 1840, he took charge of S. John's Church, 
Hagerstown, Maryland, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood k became the Rector of the Parish, where 
he remained for ten years. 

In 1850 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, succeeding Dr. Upfold, who 
had been consecrated as Bishop of Indiana. He re- 
mained in Pittsburg until 1860, when he removed to 
Europe, and was instrumental in establishing the 
" American Chapel" (now S. Paul's Church) in Rome. 

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THEODORE BENEDICT LYMAN. 273 

In the autumn of 1870 he returned to America and 
became the Rector of Trinity Church, San Francisco, 
California, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of North Carolina in 
Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 11th 
day of December, a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. "Wil- 
liam Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

Writings. ^His only published writings consist of 
a few occasional Sermons. 



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ZSTo. 104. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN FRANKLIN SPALDING, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with juris- 
diction in the Territory of Wyoming, was born in Bel- 
grade, Maine, on the 25th day of August, a.d. 1828. 

He graduated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 
Maine, a.d. 1853, and at The General Theological 
Seminary, New York, a.d. 1857. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Stephen's Church, Portland, 
Maine, on the 8th day of July, a.d. 1857, by The Eight 
Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Gardiner, Maine, 
on the 14th day of July, a.d. 1858, by the same Prelate. 

He was Missionary at S. James' Church, Oldtown, 
Maine, for two years ; Rector of S. George's Church, 
Lee, Massachusetts, from August 1st, 1859, until No- 
vember 1st, 1860 ; Assistant Minister at Grace Church, 
Providence, Rhode Island, from November 1st, 1860, 
to November 1st, 1861 ; officiated for two months in S. 
John's Church, Providence, Rhode Island, and in 
April, 1862, became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Erie, Pennsylvania, Diocese of Pittsburg, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with 
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JOHN FRANKLIN SPALDING. 275 

jurisdiction in Wyoming, in S. Paul's Church, Erie, on 
the 31st day of December, a.d. 1873, by The Eight 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., assisted 
by The Eight Eev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
The Eight Eev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D., The Eight Eev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 
S.T.D., LL.D., and The Eight Eev. John Barrett Ker- 
foot, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Whitings. — A Devotional Manual, a few Tracts, oc- 
casional Sermons, Essays, Addresses, &c. 



No. 105. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

EDWARD RANDOLPH WELLES, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Wisconsin, was born in Waterloo, 
Ontario County, New York, on the 10th day of Janu- 
ary, a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Geneva (now Hobart) College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1850. 

He begun the study of Law, but after a few months 
he decided to apply for Holy Orders, and after admis- 
sion as a Candidate pursued his Theological studies 
under the direction of the Bishop of Western New 
York. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, New 
York, on the 20th day of December, a.d. 1857, by The 
Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. , 
LL.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Waterloo, New 
York, on the 12th day of September, a.d. 1858, by the 
same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate, in connection with the duties 
of a Tutor in De Veaux College, he gave Sunday ser- 
vice at S. Paul's Church, Lewiston, Christ Church, 
Lockport, and The Church of The Epiphany, Suspen- 
sion Bridge. 

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EDWARD RANDOLPH WELLES. 277 

On the 3d day of October, a.d. 1858, he began his 
Pastoral work, at Red "Wing, Minnesota, which was fol- 
lowed by the organization of the Parish of Christ 
Church, Red Wing, of which he became the Pector, 
and which position he held until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

He was several times a Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from Minnesota, and for some years the Secre- 
tary of the Diocesan Convention, in the same Diocese. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology 
from Pacine College, Pacine, "Wisconsin, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Bishop of Wisconsin in S. Thomas' 
Church, New York, on the 24th day of October, a.d. 
1874, by The Pight Pev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Pight Pev. John Wil- 
liams, S.T.D., LL.D., The Pight Pev. Thomas Atkin- 
son, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Pight Pev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., together with The Pight Pev. 
Reginald Courtenay, D.D., the Bishop of Kingston, 
Jamaica, West Indies. 

During the year following his Consecration, the 
Diocese of Fond du Lac was created from the north- 
ern portion of his jurisdiction. Bishop Welles elected 
to remain in the old Diocese, and The Pev. J. H. Ho- 
bart Brown, S.T.D., was elected as the Bishop of the 
new See. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons. A Fare- 
well Sermon, preached at Ped Wing, 1874, and the 
Sermon preached at the Consecration of The Bishop of 
Illinois, a.d. 1875. Addresses to his Convention, &c. 

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No. 106. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT WOODWARD BARNWELL ELLIOTT, D.D. 

The first Bishop of a Missionary jurisdiction created 
in General Convention, a.d. 1874, consisting of the 
Counties lying south and west of, and including Cal- 
houn, Jackson, Lavaca, Gonzales, Caldwell, Hays, 
Blanco, Llano, San Saba, McCulloch, Concho, Tom 
Green, Pecos, and El Paso, in the State of Texas, and 
entitled The Missionary Jurisdiction of Western Texas. 

He was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on the 
16th day of August, a.d. 1840, and graduated at South 
Carolina College, Columbia, a.d. 1861. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Pome, Georgia, 
on the 4th day of August, a.d. 1868, by The Eight Pev. 
Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, 
on the 9th day of April, a.d. 1871, by The Eight Pev. 
John Watrous Beckwith, S.T.D. 

From the 1st of August, 1868, until the 1st of 
September, 1870, he had charge of the Mission Stations 
of Centreville, Kingston, Dalton, and Cave Spring, in 
the Diocese of Georgia. From November, 1870, until 
May, 1871, he was the Assistant Minister in The Church 
of The Incarnation, in the City of New York, and from 
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ROBERT WOODWARD BARNWELL ELLIOTT. 279 

May, 1871, until October, 1871, lie had charge of The 
Chapel of The Reconciliation in the same city. In 
October, 1871., he returned to Georgia, and became 
the Rector of S. Philip's Church, Atlanta, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 
a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Western Texas 
in S. Philip's Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on the 15th 
day of November, a.d. 1874, by The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Gregg, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Richard 
Hooker Wilmer, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd 
Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Wat- 
rous Beckwith, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. "William 
Bell White Howe, D.D. 

Writings. — 1. Prize Essay, South Carolina College, 
1861. 2. Sermon before The Society for the Increase 
of The Ministry, 1876. 3. Addresses before The Con- 
vocation of Western Texas, 1875, 1876, 1877. 

Note. — Bishop Elliott is a son of The Right Rev. 
Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D., some time Bishop of 
Georgia. 



No. lOT. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY DUCACHET WINGFIELD, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of a jurisdiction created 
in 1874, by the division of the Diocese of California, 
at the southern line of the Counties of Sonoma, Napa, 
Solano, Sacramento, Amador, and Eldorado, and en- 
titled " The Missionary District of Northern Cali- 
fornia," was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the 
24th day of September, a.d. 1833. 

His early education was superintended by a private 
tutor. At the age of thirteen he entered S. Timothy's 
College, Maryland, where he graduated a.d. 1850. He 
was appointed Tutor, and remained through two scho- 
lastic terms. In 1852 he entered the Senior class of 
The College of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, 
Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1853. In the au- 
tumn of 1853 he returned to S. Timothy's College, 
and continued his work as a teacher for one year. In 
the autumn of 1854 he removed to New York, and 
became a Tutor in The Churchill Military Academy, 
at Sing Sing. 

In 1855 he entered The Theological Seminary of 
Virginia, at Alexandria. In 1856 he removed to 

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JOHN HENRY DU CACHET WINGFIELD. 281 

Arkansas, and became the Principal of " The Ashley 
Institute," at Little Rock. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Little Rock, 
Arkansas, on the 17th day of January, a.d. 1858, by 
The Right Rev. George Washington Freeman, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, at Alexandria, on the 1st day 
of July, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D. 

During the early part of his Diaconate he was the 
Assistant Minister in Christ Church, Little Rock. 

In July, 1858, he became the Assistant Minister 
in Trinity Church, Portsmouth, Virginia, of which 
Church his father, The Rev. John H. Wingfield, 
D.D., was the Rector. 

In 1864 he removed to Maryland, and became the 
Rector of Christ Church, Rockspring, Harford County. 

In 1866 he returned to Virginia, and again became 
the Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, Portsmouth. 

In 1868 he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Petersburg. In 1871 he founded S. Paul's School for 
young ladies, and became Rector and Professor. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, a.d. 1869, and that 
of Doctor of Laws from the same College, a.d. 1874. 

In 1874 he removed to California, and became the 
Rector of Trinity Church, San Francisco. 

During the session of the General Convention at 
New York, a.d. 1874, he was elected Missionary Bishop 
of Northern California. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Northern Califor- 
nia in S. Paul's Church, Petersburg, Virginia, on the 

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282 JOHN HENRY DUCACHET WINGFIELD. 

2d day of December, a.d. 1874, by The Eight Bev. 
John Johns, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
William Pinkney, D.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. 
Theodore Benedict Lyman, D.D. 

He remained in Petersburg in charge of his old 
Parish, from the time of his Consecration until April 
1st, 1875. 

Upon his removal to the jurisdiction for which he 
had been Consecrated, he became the President of The 
Missionary College of S. Augustine, at Benicia. In 
1876 he became the Rector of " S. Mary's of The Pa 
eific," a school for girls, also located at Benicia, and 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Benicia. 



IN"o. 108. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER CHARLES GARRETT, D.D., LL.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Northern Texas, was born in 
Ballymot, County Sligo, Ireland, on the 4th day of 
November, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, a.d. 1855, 
and took the Divinity Testimonium on the 19th of 
December in the same year. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Farnham Castle, 
Surrey, England, on the 6th day of July, a.d. 1856, 
by The Bight Rev. Charles Sumner, D.D., Bishop of 
Winchester. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 5th day of 
July, a.d. 1857, by the same Prelate. 

He held the Curacy of East Worldham, Hampshire, 
until September, 1859. On the 19th day of that month 
he sailed as a Missionary to British Columbia, where 
he remained for ten years, occupying various positions 
in ministering to the Indians and the Whites. 

In December, 1869, he removed to California and 
became the Bector of S. James' Church, where he 
remained until 1872, when he removed to Nebraska 
and became Bector of Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, and 

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284 ALEXANDER CHARLES GARRETT. 

Dean of the Cathedral Chapter, which position he 
occupied until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was elected Missionary Bishop hy both Houses 
of the General Convention, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated as Missionary Bishop of Northern Texas 
in Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, on the 20th 
day of December, a.d. 1874, by The Eight Eev. Robert 
Harper Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight 
Eev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. 
William Hobart Hare, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. 
John Franklin Spalding, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Nebraska College, Nebraska City, Nebraska, a.d. 1872. 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, a.d. 1876. 

Writings. — 1. A few occasional Sermons. 2. A 
Tract, — Historical Continuity. 3. A series of Sketches 
on the Church. 4. Primary Charge to the Clergy and 
Laity of Northern Texas, 1875. 



No. 109. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM FORBES ADAMS. 

The first Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and 
Arizona, was born in Ireland on the 2d day of Jan- 
uary, a.d. 1833. 

He came with his father to the United States in 
1841, and settled in Logan County, Kentucky. In 
1845 he removed to Clarksville, Tennessee. He 
studied privately and prepared himself for the Bar, 
to which he was admitted in Mississippi, hut he began 
at once the study of Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Jackson, 
Mississippi, on the 27th day of December, a.d. 1859, 
by The Eight Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 29th day 
of July, a.d. 1860, by the same Prelate. 

He removed to Woodville, Mississippi, and became 
the Rector of S. Paul's Church, where he remained 
until 1866, when he removed to Louisiana, and on the 
1st of December in that year took charge of S. Peter's 
Church, New Orleans. In the following summer (1867) 
he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, New Or- 
leans, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

285 



286 WILLIAM FORBES ADAMS. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and 
Arizona in S. Paul's Church, New Orleans, on the 17th 
day of January, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. William 
Mercer Green, D.D., LLJ)., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., and The Right 
Rev. Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer, D.D. 

Bishop Adams sent his resignation of the jurisdiction 
to the House of Bishops in 1876, which was accepted 
in October, a.d. 1877. 



No. HO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS UNDERWOOD DUDLEY, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Richmond, 
Virginia, on the 26th day of September, a.d. 1837. 

He graduated at The University of Virginia, a.d. 
1858. 

Before entering the Ministry, he was Professor of 
Latin and Greek in The University of Virginia, and 
during the Civil War, held a Commission in the Com- 
missary Department of the Confederate Army. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, at Alexandria, Virginia, on the 
•28th day of June, a.d. 1867, by The Eight Eev. John 
Johns, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 26th day 
of June, A.r. 1868, by The Right Rev. Francis Mc- 
Neece "Whittle, D.D. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, 
he took charge of Harrisonburg Parish, Virginia. In 
January, 1869, he removed to Maryland, and became 
the Assistant Minister of Christ Church, Baltimore. 
Upon the death of the Rector, (a.d. 1870,) he was 
elected Rector of the Parish, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

287 



288 THOMAS UNDERWOOD DUDLEY. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kentucky in Christ 
Church, Baltimore, on the 27th day of January, a.d. 
1875, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John 
Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. "William Pinkney, D.D., 
LL.D., together with The Right Rev. Isaac Helmuth, 
D.D., Bishop of Huron, Canada. 

Writings. — Several Occasional Sermons and Ad- 
dresses. A Sunday-School Question Book for The 
Christian Year. 



3STo. 111. 
THE RIGHT EEVEREND 

JOHN SCARBOROUGH, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Castle 
Wellan, County Cork, Ireland, on the 25th day of 
April, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1854, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, a.d. 1857. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 28th day of June, a.d. 1857, by The Right Rev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Troy, New 
York, on the 14th day of August, a.d. 1858, by the 
same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was as the Assistant Minister 
in S. Paul's Church, Troy. In 1860 he became the 
Rector of The Church of The Holy Comforter, Pough- 
keepsie, New York, where he remained for seven years, 
when he removed to Pennsylvania, and became the 
Rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburg, which position 
he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
the Diocese of Pittsburg in 1871, and also in 1874. 

n 23 289 



290 JOHN SCARBOROUGH. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Mary's 
Church, Burlington, New Jersey, on the 2d day of 
February, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. Horatio Pot- 
ter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. 
William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Croswell Doane, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Mark 
Antony DeWolfe Howe, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. 



:n"o. us. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE DE NORMANDIE GILLESPIE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Western Michigan, was born in 
Goshen, Orange County, New York, on the 14th day 
of June, A.i). 1819. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, New York, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1840, by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Leroy, !N~ew 
York, on the 30th day of June, a.d. 1843, by The Right 
Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

His first Rectorship was that of S. Mark's Church, 
Leroy, whence he removed to Ohio, and for six years 
held the position of Rector of S. Paul's Church, Cin- 
cinnati. He returned to New York and became the 
Rector of Zion Church, Palmyra, where he remained 
ten years, when he removed to Michigan and became 
the Rector of S. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 
1875. 

291 



292 GEORGE DE NORMANDIE GILLESPIE. 

Consecrated Bishop of Western Michigan in S. 
Mark's Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the 24th 
day of February, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. William Henry Augustus Bissell, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robertson, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, S.TJX, 
The Right Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Edward Randolph "Welles, S.T.D. 

Whitings. — Sermons : 1. The Communion of Saints, 
An Holy Priesthood. — A Convention Sermon, a.d. 
1862. 2. Tract, The Season of Lent. 3. Manual. 4. 
Manual and Annals of the Diocese of Michigan, 1868. 



No. 113. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS AUGUSTUS JAGGER, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Southern Ohio, was born in the 
City of lew York on the 2d day of June, a.d. 1839. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Pelham, New 
York, on the 10th day of November, a.d. 1860, by The 
Eight Bev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Flushing, 
Long Island, on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1863, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was the Assistant Minister in S. George's Church, 
Flushing, from November 11th, 1860, to February 17th, 
1862; Rector of Trinity Church, Bergen Point, New 
Jersey, from May 15th, 1862, until October, 1864, when 
he became Eector of the Anthon Memorial Church, 
New York City. In December, 1868, he became Rector 
of S. John's Church, Yonkers, New York, and in June, 
1870, Eector of The Church of The Holy Trinity, Phil- 
adelphia, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Note. — The Diocese of Southern Ohio was organ- 
ized, a.d. 1875, by the division of the old Diocese, 
which included the whole State. The new Diocese 
comprises all that portion of the State lying south of 
the southern line of the Counties of Mercer, Shelby, 

2 * 293 



294 THOMAS AUGUSTUS J AGGER. 

Logan, Union, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, 
Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Jefferson. Bishop Bedell 
elected to take the Northern Diocese, which preserved 
the old title, " Diocese of Ohio," and The Eev. Dr. 
Jagger was elected Bishop of the new See. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated as Bishop of Southern Ohio in The 
Church of The Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on the 28th 
day of April, a.d. 1875, hy The Right Eev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight 
Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. William 
Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Eight Eev. Abram 
NewkLrk Littlejohn, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. "William 
Woodruff Mies, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. William 
Hobart Hare, S.T.D., together with The Eight Eev. 
William Walrond Jackson, D.D., The Bishop of 
Antigua, West Indies. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses to 
his Convention, &c. 



No. 114. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

• WILLIAM EDWARD McLAREN, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Illinois, was born in Geneva, 
Ontario County, New York, on the 13th day of De- 
cember, 1831. 

He graduated at Jefferson College, (now "Washington 
and Jefferson,) Washington, Pennsylvania, a.d. 1851. 

In 1851-2 he was engaged in teaching. From 1852 
to 1857 he pursued the avocation of a Journalist in 
Cleveland, Ohio, and in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 
From 1857 to 1860 he studied Theology in the Pres- 
byterian Theological Seminary at Pittsburg. In 1860 
he was Ordained by the Presbytery of Alleghany City, 
and sent by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- 
sions to Bogota, South America, where he remained 
three years. Returning to the United States, he offi- 
ciated as Assistant Minister in the Second Presbyterian 
Congregation at Pittsburg for a few months, when he 
removed to Peoria, Illinois, and became the Pastor of 
the Second Presbyterian Congregation at that place. 
In 1867 he removed to Michigan and became the 
Pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Congrega- 
tion, Detroit. Here he became involved in doubts 
respecting some of the doctrines of the Presbyterian 

295 



296 WILLIAM EDWARD McLAREN. 

system, and attracted to the Sacramental system con- 
tained in The Book of Common Prayer. After a most 
thorough investigation of the whole subject, he resigned 
his Pastorate, and was Confirmed by The Bishop of 
Michigan in S. John's Church, Detroit. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Detroit, on the 
29th day of July, a.d. 1872, by The Eight Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 20th day 
of October, a.d. 1872, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately after his Ordination to the Priesthood 
he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, Racine, "Wisconsin, a.d. 
1875. 

In September, 1875, he was elected to the Episcopate 
of Illinois. 

Consecrated Bishop of Illinois in the Cathedral 
Church of S.S. Peter and Paul in Chicago, Illinois, 
on the 6th day of December, a.d. 1875, by The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Franklin Spald- 
ing, D.D., and The Right Rev. George De Norman die 
Gillespie, S.T.D. 

In the second year of his Episcopate, (1877,) the 
Diocese of Illinois was divided and two new Sees 
formed, — the Diocese of Quincy and the Diocese of 



WILLIAM EDWARD MCLAREN. 297 

Springfield. By Canonical choice, Bishop McLaren 
retained the charge of that portion which kept the old 
title of Illinois. 

Writings. — Various Sermons, Addresses, and Papers 
in Periodicals. 



N* 



No. 1.15. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY HOBART BROWN, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Fond du Lac, was born in the City 
of New York on the 1st day of December, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 2d day of July, a.d. 1854, by The Right Rev. 
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Holy Com- 
munion, New York, on the 1st day of December, a.d. 
1855, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

In 1854 he was Assistant Minister in Grace Church, 
Brooklyn, Long Island, and while there he organized 
" The Church of The Good Angels," (now Emmanuel 
Church,) Brooklyn, of which he became the Rector. 

In 1856 he became the Rector of The Church of The 
Evangelists, (old S. George's Chapel,) Beekman Street, 
New York. 

In 1863 he became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Cohoes, New York. 

In 1868 he was Secretary to the Diocesan Convention 
of Albany. 
298 



JOHN HENRY HO BART BROWN. 299 

In 1870 he was made Archdeacon of the Albany 
Convocation. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Bishop of Fond du Lac in S. John's 
Church, Cohoes, New York, (Diocese of Albany,) on 
the 15th day of December, a.d. 1875, by The Right 
Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted 
by The Right Rev. ¥m. Henry Augustus Bissell, 
D.D., The Right Rev. William Croswell Doane, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Woodruff Mies, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D. 

Writings. — He has published a few single Sermons, 
Pamphlets and Addresses. 

Note. — The Diocese of Pond du Lac was organized 
a.d. 1875, and consists of the Counties of Marathon, 
Lincoln, Oconto, Shawano, Door, Kewaunee, Brown, 
Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Adams, Wau- 
shara, Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, 
Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, and a part of 
Dodge County, in the State of Wisconsin. 



No. 116. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Iowa, was born in Providence, 
Rhode Island, on the 22d day of January, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mas- 
sachusetts, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 29th day of March, a.d. 1857, by The 
Eight Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Boston, on the 
7th day of April, a.d. 1858, by the same Prelate. 

He was Assistant Minister at S. Paul's Church, Bos- 
ton, from May, 1857, to October, 1858 ; Rector of S. 
Luke's Church, Nashua, New Hampshire, from No- 
vember, 1858, until April, 1861 ; Rector of S. Stephen's 
Church, Portland, Maine, from May, 1861, until No- 
vember, 1863 ; Editor of The Church Monthly, Bos- 
ton, 1864; Rector of S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, 
Connecticut, from November, 1864, until April, 1869 ; 
Rector of Trinity Church, Geneva, New York, from 
May, 1869, until September, 1876. 

President of Hobart College from April, 1876, until 
September, 1876, at which time he was elevated to the 
Episcopate of Iowa. 
300 



WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 301 

He received the Collegiate Degrees in regular 
Course, Master of Arts (ad eundem) from Bishop's 
College, Lennoxville, Canada East, a.d. 1859, Doctor 
of Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hartford, 
Connecticut, a.d. 1869, and Doctor of Laws from The 
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 
a.d. 1876. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
New Hampshire, a.d. 1859 ; from the Diocese of Maine, 
a.d. 1862, at which Convention he was made Assistant 
Secretary. 

In 1868 he was elected Secretary to the House of 
Clerical and Lay Deputies in the General Convention, 
which position he held in the Convention of 1871, and 
also in 1874. 

Historiographer of The American Church, a.d. 
1868; Professor of History in Hobart College, a.d. 
1871-72-73. 

Consecrated Bishop of Iowa in Trinity Church, 
Geneva, Diocese of Western New York, on the 10th 
day of September, a.d. 1876, by his uncle, The Eight 
Eev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., assisted by 
The Eight Eev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., 
The Eight Eev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Eight Eev. Wm. Henry Augustus Bissell, 
D.D., together with The Most Eev. Ashton Oxenden, 
D.D., Bishop of Montreal, and Metropolitan, who also 
preached the sermon. 

Weitings. — 1. Historical Sketch of the Church Mis- 
sionary Association of the Eastern District of Massa- 
chusetts. 1859. 2. Journals of the General Conven- 
tion of- the Protestant Episcopal .Church, of the United 

26 



302 WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 

States of America, with. Illustrative Historical Notes 
and Appendices, by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks and 
the Rev. William Stevens Perry. Yol. I. (all pub- 
lished), 8vo., 1861. 3. Bishop Seabury and Bishop 
Provoost ; an Historical Fragment. Privately printed. 

1862. 4. Documentary History of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in South Carolina. Rev. Francis L. 
Hawks and Rev. William Stevens Perry, Editors. 
No. I. (all published). 5. The Collects of the Church. 
Privately printed. 1864. 6. The Connection of the 
Church of England with early American Colonization. 
Large 8vo., 1863. 7. The Church's Worship Spiritual 
and True. A Sermon preached in the Parish Church 
of S. George, Lennoxville, Canada East, before the An- 
nual Meeting of the Convention of the University of 
Bishop's College, June 25th, 1863. 8. The Church's 
Worship Spiritual and True. A Sermon preached in 
the Church of the Ascension, New York, on the Nine- 
teenth Sunday after Trinity, October 11th, 1873, at the 
Anniversary of the New York Bible and Common 
Prayer Book Society. 9. Bishop Seabury and the 
" Episcopal Recorder." A Yindication. Privately 
printed. 10. A Century of Episcopacy in Portland. 
A Sketch of the History of the Episcopal Church in 
Portland, Maine, from the Organization of St. Paul's, 
Falmouth, November 4th, 1763, to the Present Time. 

1863. 11. Documentary History of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 
containing numerous hitherto unpublished Documents 
concerning the Church in Connecticut. Rev. Francis 
L. Hawks and Rev. William Stevens Perry, Editors. 
Yol. I. New York, 1863. 12. The same, vol. H., New 



WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 303 

York, 1864. 13. Of the Imitation of Christ. Four 
books. By Thomas a Kempis. (Edited, with an Intro- 
duction.) Boston, 1864. 14. The Church Monthly, vols. 
VI. and VII. Editors : Rev. John Cotton Smith, D.D., 
and Rev. William Stevens Perry. 1864. 15. Prep- 
aration for the Holy Communion. By Mrs. Sewell. 
(Edited, with an Introduction.) 1864. 16. Liturgic 
Worship. Sermons on the Book of Common Prayer. 
By Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church. New York, 1864. (Edited, the course 
planned, and one of the Sermons delivered by W. S. 
P.) 17. A Memorial of the Rev. Thos. Mather Smith, 
D.D. Privately printed. 1866. 18. Thankfulness for 
our Past, our Present, and our Future. A Sermon 
preached in S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Connec- 
ticut, on the day of National Thanksgiving, Thursday, 
November 26th, 1866. 19. A History of the Book of 
Common Prayer, with a Rationale of its Offices. By 
Francis Proctor. With an Introductory Chapter on 
the History of the American Liturgy. 1868. 20. 
Questions on the Life and Labors of the Great Apostle. 
New York, 1869. 21. The Churchman's Year Book. 
1870. 22. The same. 1871. 23. Historical Collections 
of the American Colonial Church. Vol. I. Vikginia. 
4to., 1871. 24. The same, vol. II. Pennsylvania. 
1872. 25. The same, vol. III. Massachusetts. 1873. 
26. Life Lessons from the Book of Proverbs. New 
York, 1872. 27. A Sunday-School Experiment. 1874. 

28. Hand-Book of the General Convention. 1874. 

29. Journals of the General Convention, 1785 to 1835. 
3 vols., 8vo. 30. Historical Notes and Documents 
illustrating the Organization of the Protestant Episco- 



304 WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 

pal Church in the United States of America. 1874. 
31. Anglo-American Sympathy with Continental Re- 
form. A Sermon preached in "Westminster Abbey on 
Sunday, October 17th, 1875. 32. A Sunday-School 
Experiment (Eevised and Enlarged). 1876. 33. The 
Reunion Conference at Bonn, 1875. A Personal Nar- 
rative. Printed privately. 1876. 34. An Open Letter 
to the Members of the Cathedral Congregation from 
the Bishop of the Diocese. Davenport, Iowa, 1877. 
35. A Memorial to the Regents of the University of 
the State of Iowa. 1877. 36. A Sunday-School Ex- 
periment. 1877. 37. The American Cathedral. Dav- 
enport, 1877. 38. The Episcopal Address of William 
Stevens Perry, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Iowa. Daven- 
port, 1877. 39. The Bishop of Iowa's Address, and 
its Assailants. A Correspondence privately printed. 
1877. 40. A Hand-Book of the General Convention, 
1785-1877. (Third Edition, enlarged.) 41. Missions 
and Missionary Bishoprics in the American Church. 
A Paper read before the Church Congress held at 
Stoke-upon-Trent, England, October, 1875. Privately 
printed. 1877. 42. Historical Collections of The 
American Colonial Church. Yol. IV. Maryland. 
4to., 1878. 43. The same, vol. V. Delaware. 4to., 
1878. 



No. 117. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The third Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in West Africa, was born in Charlotte 
County, Virginia, on the 9th day of December, a.d. 
1843. 

In 1860 he attended a Military School in Danville, 
Virginia, whence he entered Hampden Sidney College, 
Prince Edward County, Virginia. 

At the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the 
Confederate Army as Quartermaster in the 38th Vir- 
ginia Regiment, where he remained until Lee's surren- 
der. 

He graduated at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1869. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, on the 26th day of June, a.d. 
1869, by The Eight Eev. John Johns, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 24th day 
of June, a.d. 1870, by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in Bristol, Dinwiddie County, 
Virginia, and upon his ordination to the Priesthood 
removed to Maryland, where he became the Rector of S. 
George's Church, Mount Savage. In 1872 he removed 

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306 CHARLES CLIFTON PENICK. 

to Baltimore, and took charge of The Church of The 
Messiah, of which he subsequently became the Rector, 
and where he remained until his elevation to the Epis- 
copate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in Western Africa in S. Paul's Church, 
Alexandria, Virginia, on the 13th day of February, a.d. 
1877, by The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Francis McNeece 
Whittle, D.D., The Right Rev. William Pinkney, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas Underwood Dud- 
ley, D.D. ^ 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1877. 



ISTo. 118. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY, D.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop to China, was born in 
Tanroggen, Russian Lithuania, on the 6th day of May, 
a.d. 1831. 

He was educated partly in his native town, partly in 
the neighboring town of Krazi, and at the Rabbinical 
College at Zhitomer, Russia. He spent two years in 
Germany, at the University of Breslau. 

On coming to the United States, he entered the 
Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterians 
at Pittsburg, which he left and entered The General 
Theological Seminary at New York. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Church, New York, 
on the 7th day of July, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. 
William Jones Boone, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Mission Chapel, Shanghai, 
on the 28th day of October, a.d. 1860, by the same 
Prelate. 

In 1875 he was elected by the House of Bishops 
to the Episcopate for China, which he declined. In 
October, 1877, he was again elected and persuaded to 
accept. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 

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308 SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY. 

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1876, and that of 
Doctor of Sacred Theology from Columbia College, 
New York, a.d. 1877. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Shanghai, having 
jurisdiction in China, in Grace Church, JSTew York, on 
the 31st day of October, a.d. 1877, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D.,D.C.L., 
The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., The 
Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and 
The Right Rev. Theodore Benedict Lyman, D.D. 

Bishop Schereschewsky has translated from the He- 
brew the whole of the Old Testament Scriptures into 
Mandarin Chinese. He was also one of the Committee 
for the translation of the New Testament from the 
Greek into the same language. In co-operation with 
the present (a.d. 1868) Bishop of Hong Kong (The 
Right Rev. J. S. Burdon, D.D.) he has translated The 
Book of Common Prayer into Mandarin Chinese. He 
has also translated the Gospel of S. Mark into Mon- 
golian, and has in preparation a Dictionary of the 
Mongolian language. 



APPENDIX. 



309 



THE CHUECH IN HAITI. 



At the meeting of the General Convention in 1874, 
a Memorial from the Convocation of Haiti was pre- 
sented by the Bishop of Delaware, which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Missions, who submitted 
the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the Memorial of the Convocation in 
Haiti be referred to the Board of Missions, to ascertain 
what measure may seem to them best for securing the 
effectual Episcopal supervision of the parishes in Haiti. 

In response to this action, the Board of Missions 
sent the following resolutions to the House of Bishops 
at the meeting of the General Convention in 1874 : 

'Resolved, That it is necessary to the further prosecu- 
tion of our missionary work in Haiti, that a Missionary 
Bishop should be consecrated for that Island. 

Resolved, That the House of Bishops is hereby re- 
spectfully requested to elect and consecrate a Bishop 
for the Island of Haiti. 

Upon the motion of the Bishop of Western E"ew 
York, the following Covenant was entered into between 
the American Church and The Rev. James Theodore 
Holly, who represented the Haitien Clergy. Upon the 
completion of the Covenant, Dr. Holly was elected and 
consecrated Bishop of Haiti. 

311 



312 APPENDIX. 

House of Bishops, November 3d, 1874. 
Hesolved, That the following Covenant between the 
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti be entered 
upon the Journal of this House : 

Covenant. 

In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, 

Eather, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 

The following Covenant, or Articles of Agreement, 
Concord, and Union, between the House of Bishops 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 
States of America of the first part, and the Convo- 
cation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Be- 
public of Haiti of the second part, establishes the 
ensuing stipulations mutually entered into by the two 
Churches aforesaid : 

Article 1. The House of Bishops aforesaid, in con- 
sideration of the fact that all the Clergy, eleven in 
number, belonging to the Church in Haiti, owe no 
allegiance to the government of these United States, 
but are Haitien citizens, do hereby recognize the afore- 
said Church in Haiti as of right as also in point of fact 
a foreign Church to all intents and purposes within the 
meaning of Article 10 of the Constitution of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the said United States of 
America. But while the aforesaid House of Bishops 
doth thus recognize the Church in Haiti to be a foreign 
Church, yet, during its early growth and development, 
it shall continue to enjoy the nursing care of the Church 
in these United States until the Church in Haiti shall 
attain to competency for its own support, and to a suffi- 



THE CHURCH IN HAITI. 313 

eiency in its Episcopate for the administration of its 
own affairs, according to the requirements of the 
ancient Canons and primitive usages of the Church 
of Christ. 

Art. 2. The House of Bishops, acting under the 
aforesaid Article 10 of the Constitution of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the United States of 
America, and availing itself of the concession made 
to them by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
Republic of Haiti in the stipulation contained in Ar- 
ticle 5 following of this Covenant, will designate and 
consecrate to the Office of Bishop one of the Clergy- 
men of the aforesaid Church in Haiti (making selection 
of the said person according to the best of its godly 
judgment as to his fitness and qualifications for such 
a high and holy vocation). 

Art. 3. The said House of Bishops furthermore 
agrees to name from among its own members a Com- 
mission of four Bishops, with whom the aforesaid 
Bishop or Bishops to be consecrated for the Church 
in Haiti shall be associated. And this Commission 
shall form a temporary Board of Administration for 
the Episcopal government of the Church in Haiti. 
And, as such, a majority of the same shall be com- 
petent to take order for the designation and consecra- 
tion of future Bishops in Haiti, as the necessity may 
arise, on the demand of the Convocation of the 
Church in that Republic. The said temporary Board 
of Administration shall be furthermore empowered to 
administer all the discipline pertaining to the Episcopal 
order of the Ministry for the Church in Haiti until at 
least three Bishops shall be designated, consecrated, 
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314 APPENDIX. 

and canonically established in said Church. It being 
understood that this Commission of Bishops shall be 
governed in the exercise of their Episcopal adminis- 
tration, judgments, and acts by the provisions con- 
tained in the Constitution and Canons of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the United States of 
America, so far as the same can be applied to the 
divergent circumstances of the Church in Haiti. 

Art. 4. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti 
on its part agrees always to guard in all their essentials 
a conformity to the doctrine, worship, and discipline 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 
States of America, as the same are set forth in the 
duly authorized standards of the said Church, and 
that it will not depart therefrom any further than 
local circumstances shall make it necessary. 

Art. 5. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti 
further agrees to concede to the House of Bishops of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 
of America, the choice of its first Bishop to be con- 
secrated; and thereafter to concede the same pre- 
rogative to a majority of the Commission of Bishops 
forming the temporary Board of Administration to 
choose or designate among the Harden Clergy future 
Bishops on the demand of the Convocation in Haiti. 
And this prerogative shall continue until, in the good 
Providence of God, three Bishops shall be canonically 
resident and exercising jurisdiction in the Church of 
Haiti. Then this prerogative shall cease on the part 
of the aforesaid Commission, and all its functions 
revert to those three Bishops thus established in 
Haiti, 



THE CHURCH IN HAITI. 315 

In testimony whereof, these Articles have been 
signed in duplicate, on the part of the House of 
Bishops, by the Bishops appointed for that purpose, 
and on the part of the Convocation of the Church in 
Haiti, by its Dean, who has exhibited duly authenti- 
cated credentials clothing him with full power to act 
in this matter in the name and in the behalf of the 
Convocation aforesaid. 

Done in the City of New York, on the third day of 
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and seventy-four. 

(Signed) James Theodore Holly, 

Dean, $c. [l. s.] 
William R. "Whittingham, 

Bishop of Maryland, [l. s.] 
Alfred Lee, 

Bishop of Delaware, [l. s.] 
Thomas Atkinson, 
Bishop of North Carolina, [l. s.] 
Horatio Potter, 

Bishop of New York. [l. s.] 
G. T. Bedell, 
Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio. [l. s.] 

A. Cleveland Coxe, 
Bishop of Western New York. [l. s.] 
Done in my presence, and duplicates exchanged. 
Attest : Henry C. Potter, 

Secretary of the House of Bishops. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

* JAMES THEODORE HOLLY, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Haiti. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Detroit, Mich- 
igan, on the 17th day of June, a.d. 1855, by The Eight 
Rev. Samuel Allen MeCoskry, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Luke's Church, New Haven, 
Connecticut, on the 3d day of January, a.d. 1856, by 
The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

Consecrated Bishop of Haiti in Grace Church, New 
York, on the 8th day of November, a.d. 1874, by The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The 
Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and 
The Right Rev. Reginald Courtenay, D.D., The Bishop 
of Kingston. 



316 



A LIST OF CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE 
EPISCOPATE, WHO DECLINED THE HONOR, 
OR WHOSE ELECTION WAS NOT CON- 
FIRMED. 



1783.— The Rev. William Smith, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Maryland. He went to England for Con- 
secration, but his election having been pronounced 
defective, consecration was refused. 

1786.— The Rev. David Griffith. Elected Bishop of 
Virginia. Declined. 

1794.— The Rev. Charles Pettigrew. Elected Bishop 
of North Carolina. Declined. 

1796.— The Rev. John Croes. Elected Bishop of 
Connecticut. Declined. 

1798.— The Rev. ITzal Ogden. Elected Bishop of 
New Jersey. Election reported illegal, and not con- 
firmed. Mr. Ogden left the Church and joined the 
Presbyterians. 

1804.— The Rev. Edward Jenkins, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of South Carolina. Declined. 

1812.— The Rev. John Bracken, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Virginia. Declined. 

1835.— The Rev. Francis L. Hawks. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Arkansas and The Indian Territory. 
Declined. 

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318 APPENDIX. 

1838.— The Eev. Manton Eastburn. Elected Bishop 
of Maryland. Declined. 

1841.— The Rev. John A. Yaughan, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Cape Palmas. Declined. 

1841.— The Rev. N. H. Cobbs. Elected Missionary 
Bishop of Texas. Declined. 

1844.— The Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Mississippi. Declined. 

1844. — The Rev. Alexander Glennie. Elected Bishop 
of Cape Palmas. Declined. 

1847. — The Rev. Samuel Bowman. Elected Bishop 
of Indiana. Declined. 

1847.— The Rev. J. B. Britton. Elected Assistant 
Bishop of Illinois. Election not confirmed. 

1849.— The Rev. Francis Yinton. Elected Bishop 
of Indiana. Declined. 

1854.— The Rev. William Creighton, D.D. Elected 
Provisional Bishop of New York. Declined. 

1855.— The Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe. Elected 
Bishop of Texas. Declined. 

1856.— The Rev. Sullivan H. Weston. Elected Bishop 
of Texas. Declined. 

1856.— The Rev. Jacob L. Clark, D.D. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Nebraska and Kansas. Not confirmed. 

1859.— The Rev. Jacob L. Clark, D.D. Elected 
Missionary Bishop of Nebraska. Declined. 

1865.— The Rev. Milton C. Lightner. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Colorado. Not confirmed. 

1865.— The Rev. Robert J. Parvin. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Nevada. Not confirmed. 

1865.— The Rev. M. A. DeWolfe Howe, D.D. 
Elected Missionary Bishop of Nevada. Declined. 



CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE EPISCOPATE. 319 

1868.— The Rev. B. H. Paddock. Elected Mission- 
ary Bishop of Oregon and Washington Territory. 
Declined. 

1869.— The Eev. A. K Littlejohn, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Central New York. Declined. 

1871.— The Eev. W. H. Hare. Elected Missionary 
Bishop for Cape Palmas and parts adjacent in Africa. 
Declined. 

1873.— The Rev. Benjamin I. Haight, D.D., LL.D. 
Elected Bishop of Massachusetts. Declined. 

1874. — The Rev. Leighton Coleman. Elected Bishop 
of Eond du Lac. Declined. 

1874.— The Rev. Geo. F. Seymour, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Illinois. ]STot confirmed. 

1874.— The Rev. Wm. P. Orrick. Elected Bishop 
of Shanghai, with jurisdiction in China. Declined. 

1874.— The Rev. James De Koven, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Illinois. Not confirmed. 

1875.— The Rev. W. H. Clarke, D.D. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Cape Palmas, with jurisdiction in 
"West Africa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Iowa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. John T. Magrath. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Cape Palmas, with jurisdiction in 
West Africa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. J. S. Shipman, LL.D. Elected 
Bishop of Fond du Lac. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Iowa. Doubts as to validity of election. 
Declined. 

1877.— The Rev. D. B. Kinckerbacker, S.T.D. 



320 . APPENDIX. 

Elected Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and Ari- 
zona. Declined. 

1877.— The Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of West Virginia. Declined. 

1877.— The Eev. S. S. Harris, S.T.D. Elected Bishop 
of Quincy. Declined. 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

Adams, William Forbes 285 

Armitage, William Edmond 227 

Atkinson, Thomas.... 174 

Auer, John Gottlieb 268 

Bass, Edward 62 

Beckwith, John Watrous 235 

Bedell, Gregory Thurston 192 

Bissell, William Henry Augustus 239 

Boone, William Jones 146 

Bowen, Nathaniel 83 

Bowman, Samuel 185 

Brown, John Henry Hobart 298 

Brownell, Thomas Church 89 

Burgess, George 155 

Chase, Carlton 140 

Chase, Philander 85 

Claggett, Thomas John 58 

Clark, Thomas March 183 

Clarkson, Robert Harper 215 

Cobbs, Nicholas Hamner 142 

Coxe, Arthur Cleveland 208 

Croes, John 81 

Cummins, George David 225 

Davis, Thomas Frederick 172 

Dehon, Theodore 75 

De Lancey, William Heathcote... 124 

Doane, George Washington 113 

Doane, William Croswell 248 

Dudley, Thomas Underwood 287 

Eastburn, Manton 136 

Elliott, Robert Woodward Barn- 
well 278 

Elliott, Stephen, Jr 130 

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PAGE 

Freeman, George Washington.... 148 

Gadsden, Christopher Edwards... 126 

Garrett, Alexander Charles 283 

Gillespie, George De Normandie.. 291 

Green, William Mercer 159 

Gregg, Alexander 187 

Griswold, Alexander Viets 73 

Hare, William Hobart 266 

Hawks, Cicero Stephens 144 

Henshaw, John Prentiss Kewley 138 

Hobart, John Henry 70 

Hopkins, John Henry 104 

Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe.... 263 

Howe, William Bell White 261 

Huntington, Frederic Dan 250 

Ives, Levi Silliman 102 

Jagger, Thomas Augustus 293 

Jarvis, Abraham 64 

Johns, John 134 

Kemp, James 79 

Kemper Jackson 117 

Kerfoot, John Barrett 219 

Kip, William Ingraham 176 

Lay, Henry Champlin 197 

Lee, Alfred... 132 

Lee, Henry Washington 179 

Littlejohn, Abrani Newkirk 245 

Lyman, Theodore Benedict 272 

McCoskry, Samuel Allen 120 

Mcllvaine, Charles Pettit 1(9 

321 



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INDEX. 



PAGE 

McLaren, William Edward 295 

Madison, James 56 

Meade, William 96 

Moore, Benjamin 66 

Moore, Richard Channing 77 

Morris, Benjamin Wistar 243 

Neely, Henry Adams 229 

Niles, William Woodruff 257 

Odenheimer, William Henry...... 190 

Onderdonk, Benjamin Tredwell... 100 

Onderdonk, Henry Ustick 94 

Otey, James Hervey 115 

Paddock, Benjamin Henry 270 

Parker, Samuel 68 

Payne, John 161 

Penick, Charles Clifton , 305 

Perry, William Stevens 300 

Pierce, Henry Niles 255 

Pinkney, William 259 

Polk, Leonidas 122 

Potter, Alonzo 153 

Potter, Horatio 181 

Provoost, Samuel... 54 

Quintard, Charles Todd 213 

Randall, George Maxwell 217 

Ravenscroft, John Stark 91 

Robertson, Charles Franklin 241 

Rutledge, Francis Huger 163 



PAGE 

Scarborough, John 289 

Schereschewsky, Samuel Isaac 

Joseph 307 

Scott, Thomas Fielding 178 

Seabury, Samuel 47 

Smith, Benjamin Bosworth 107 

Smith, Robert 60 

Southgate, Horatio 150 

Spalding, John Franklin 274 

Stevens, William Bacon 201 

Stone, William Murray 98 

Talbot, Joseph Cruikshank 199 

Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester 231 

Upfold, George 157 

Vail, Thomas Hubbard 206 

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew. 169 

Welles, Edward Randolph 276 

Whipple, Henry Benjamin 195 

White, William 51 

Whitehouse, Henry John 167 

Whittaker, Ozi William 253 

Whittingham, William Rollinson 128 

Whittle, Francis McNeece 237 

Williams, Channing Moore 221 

Williams, John 165 

Wilmer, Joseph Pere Bell 223 

Wilmer, Richard Hooker 204 

Wingfield, John Henry Ducachet 280 

Young, John Freeman 233 



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